Browser Commands

The very basic browser operations of WebDriver include opening a browser,perform few tasks and then closing the browser. Given are some of the most commonly
used Browser commands for Selenium WebDriver.

Commands Description Syntax Accepts Parameter Returns

This command opens the
get() specified URL in the browser driver.get(“https://www.google.com”) Accepts String as a parameter Returns nothing.
instance
The command is used to retrieve
getTitle() the title of the webpage the user is String Title = driver.getTitle(); Accepts nothing as a parameter Returns a String value.
currently working on.
This method fetches the string
String CurrentUrl = driver.
getCurrentUrl() representing the Current URL Accepts nothing as a parameter Returns a String value.
getCurrentUrl();
which is opened in the browser
This method returns the Source String PageSource = driver.
getPageSource() Accepts nothing as a parameter Returns a String value.
Code of the page. getPageSource();
This method terminates the
close() current browser window operating driver.close() Accepts nothing as a parameter Returns nothing.
by WebDriver at the current time.
This method terminates all
windows operating by WebDriver.
quit() driver.quit() Accepts nothing as a parameter Returns nothing.
It terminates all tabs as well as the
browser itself.
The command helps us switch to
the newly opened window and String handle=driver.
getWindowHandle() Accepts nothing as a parameter Returns String Type
performs actions on the new getWindowHandle();
window
The command is similar to that of
“getWindowHandle()” with the
subtle difference that it helps to Set<String> handles=driver. Returns Set<String>
getWindowHandles() Accepts nothing as a parameter
deal with multiple windows i.e. getWindowHandles(); Type
when we have to deal with more
than 2 windows.