Selenium in .NET

Selenium tests in java, I already explained here. Since I am not Java expert I need them to run also in .NET environment, idea is to create console application to parse few web pages, by automatizing Chrome. I am using this web site.

Download Selenium Client & WebDriver Language Bindings, in my case I downloaded this one. You will also need ChromeDriver, in my case I downloaded this one.

Start new project:

Choose console:

 Add references to previously downloaded Selenium Client & WebDriver Language Bindings (in solution explorer right mouse button on References):

Browse:

In my case I decided to go on net40:

Add dll's:

In my case I decided to add also ChromeDriver to project, then I will not have explicitly to write path. Right click on the project and click add existing item:

Choose chrome driver:

Select chrome driver, choose properties:

In part Copy To Output Directory, choose Copy always. You can also choose copy if newer, but to avoid possible problems I decided to go like this:

Now I added following name spaces:

using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;

Then in Main method add code like:

IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.milosev.com");

In line:

IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

You can also write something like:

IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(@"C:\Users\myUserName\Downloads\chromedriver_win32");

Then you wouldn't need to add chrome driver into the project...

So, this is all you need to start parsing pages with Selenium. Example project download from here.