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DesiredCapabilities is inaccessible due to its protection level

I'm new to programming and I have worked in Python Selenium for web automation in the past. Now, I'm using Appium Windows driver to automate Desktop UI using C#. Here is the sample code which I trying to work with,
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Windows;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Remote;
using System;
namespace CalculatorTest
{
public class CalculatorSession
{
// Note: append /wd/hub to the URL if you're directing the test at Appium
private const string WindowsApplicationDriverUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:4723";
private const string CalculatorAppId = "Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App";
protected static WindowsDriver<WindowsElement> session;
public static void Setup(TestContext context)
{
// Launch Calculator application if it is not yet launched
if (session == null)
{
// Create a new session to bring up an instance of the Calculator application
// Note: Multiple calculator windows (instances) share the same process Id
DesiredCapabilities appCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
appCapabilities.SetCapability("app", CalculatorAppId);
appCapabilities.SetCapability("deviceName", "WindowsPC");
session = new WindowsDriver<WindowsElement>(new Uri(WindowsApplicationDriverUrl), appCapabilities);
Assert.IsNotNull(session);
// Set implicit timeout to 1.5 seconds to make element search to retry every 500 ms for at most three times
session.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1.5);
}
}
public static void TearDown()
{
// Close the application and delete the session
if (session != null)
{
session.Quit();
session = null;
}
}
}
}
I'm getting an error says "DesiredCapabilities is inaccessible due to its protection level". Can you please tell me how I can overcome this error?

Now I ran into the same thing. Downgrading Selenium.WebDriver helped. Decreased to 3.10

Cant Launch a window with Selenium Chrome Driver c#

Environment:
Vs2019, C#
NuGet Package: Selenium v3.141.0 by Selenium Committee.
Chrome Driver from Selenium website - v92.0
IWebDriver Driver = new ChromeDriver("FolderPath"); //time out error here.
Driver.url = "www.google.com"
with no other code, I can't get pass declaring Chrome Driver. I get a time out error with local host.
I tried:
setting a different port.
adding "no-sandbox" to arguments.

I would try utilizing the ChromeDriver NuGet package instead of pointing to a local file location
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver/
Here is a simple example for you to reference
using NUnit.Framework;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
namespace ExampleDemo
{
[TestFixture]
public class Chrome_test
{
private IWebDriver driver;
[Test(Description="Go To Google")]
public void GoToGoogle() {
homeURL = https://www.google.com/;
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(homeURL);
}
[TearDown]
public void TearDownTest()
{
driver.Close();
}
[SetUp]
public void SetupTest()
{
driver = new ChromeDriver();
}
}
}

I need to add a chrome option:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions()
options.add("--remote-debugging-port=9222 ") // change port if necessary

C# selenium instagram login issue

Hi everyone recently my mom created instagram account for his work and I want to make him auto follower bot in selenium but whenever I try to test this few times instagram just locks me out by saying Please try again in few minutes but It just keeps saying after 5-10-20 minutes even hours any suggestions ? How can I test this ?
With this code just logs in and scroll down in main page where you can follow people by randomly but I cant follow all of them , how can I adress follow button every time ?
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
namespace InstagramFollower
{
class Program
{
private static readonly string Pusername = "sorrycantshare";
private static readonly string Ppassword = "sorrycantshare";
private static int sayac = 1;
public static IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
static void Main()
{
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(100));
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.instagram.com/");
//driver.Manage().Window.Maximize();
Console.WriteLine("Siteye açıldı");
wait.Until(SeleniumExtras.WaitHelpers.ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Name("username")));
IWebElement username = driver.FindElement(By.Name("username"));
IWebElement password = driver.FindElement(By.Name("password"));
IWebElement loginbtn = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".Igw0E.IwRSH.eGOV_._4EzTm"));
username.SendKeys(Pusername);
password.SendKeys(Ppassword);
loginbtn.Click();
Console.WriteLine("Hesaba giriş yapıldı");
ElementToClickableCssSelector(".sqdOP.L3NKy.y3zKF");
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl($"https://www.instagram.com");
Console.WriteLine("Anasayfaya yönlendirildi");
ElementToClickableCssSelector(".aOOlW.HoLwm");
IWebElement notNow = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".aOOlW.HoLwm"));
notNow.Click();
IJavaScriptExecutor js = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;
js.ExecuteScript("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);");
Thread.Sleep(1500);
js.ExecuteScript("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);");
Thread.Sleep(2500);
ElementToClickableCssSelector(".Szr5J._6CZji");
Listpeople();
Thread.Sleep(3500);
/*
IWebElement followbtn = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".sqdOP.L3NKy._4pI4F.y3zKF"));
followbtn.Click(); // It follows first person on line but It gives error for others.
*/
}
public static void Listpeople()
{
IReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> followersname = driver.FindElements(By.CssSelector(".FPmhX.notranslate.Qj3-a"));
IWebElement nextbtn = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector(".Szr5J._6CZji"));
foreach (IWebElement follower in followersname)
{
Console.WriteLine(sayac.ToString() + " ==> " + follower.Text);
sayac++;
if (sayac == 8)
{
nextbtn.Click();
}
}
}
public static void ElementToClickableCssSelector(string target)
{
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(100));
wait.Until(SeleniumExtras.WaitHelpers.ExpectedConditions.ElementToBeClickable(By.CssSelector(target)));
}
}
}

Well I had to read some topics about it turns out instagram detects selenium webdriver but I belive in my case is different.Reason I got error of please try again in later is beacuse my account does not log out , every time I log in and test after I stop building and shutdown cmd and browser so It doesnt log out.I am now writing a void to log out for after I test it

How can I programmatically control Firefox, preferably with a C# application?

I'm looking to write a program that opens up an instance of Firefox, namely the default instance of Firefox that contains my various login information, and then simply switch through a few sites. I'm sort of able to do this, using the following code:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("firefox.exe", "thisIsMyURL");
However, as I'm sure you're mostly aware, this simply opens a new Firefox process with the given URL as a default site to open to. In order to do what I want, I'd essentially have to open a new Firefox process, do what I need to on the page, kill the process, and repeat this for each page I need. This is less than ideal. So, I'm hoping that someone will know of a way to programmatically control Firefox, through an API or library or something. I've searched on Google, and so far have only found outdated solutions that didn't really solve my problem in the first place.
As always, thanks for your help! Everything you can offer is appreciated.

You can use Selenium WebDriver for C #.
This is a cross-platform API that allows you to control various browsers using APIs for Java, C#, among others.
Attachment of a code C # with Selenium WebDriver tests.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions.Internal;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
using OpenQA.Selenium.IE;
using NUnit.Framework;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace sae_test
{ class Program
{ private static string baseURL;
private static StringBuilder verificationErrors;
static void Main(string[] args)
{ // test with firefox
IWebDriver driver = new OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox.FirefoxDriver();
// test with IE
//InternetExplorerOptions options = new InternetExplorerOptions();
//options.IntroduceInstabilityByIgnoringProtectedModeSettings = true;
//IWebDriver driver = new OpenQA.Selenium.IE.InternetExplorerDriver(options);
SetupTest();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(baseURL + "Account/Login.aspx");
IWebElement inputTextUser = driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_LoginUser_UserName"));
inputTextUser.Clear();
driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_LoginUser_UserName")).Clear();
driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_LoginUser_UserName")).SendKeys("usuario");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_LoginUser_Password")).Clear();
driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_LoginUser_Password")).SendKeys("123");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_LoginUser_LoginButton")).Click();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(baseURL + "finanzas/consulta.aspx");
// view combo element
IWebElement comboBoxSistema = driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_rcbSistema_Arrow"));
//Then click when menu option is visible
comboBoxSistema.Click();
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
// container of elements systems combo
IWebElement listaDesplegableComboSistemas = driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_rcbSistema_DropDown"));
listaDesplegableComboSistemas.FindElement(By.XPath("//li[text()='BOMBEO MECANICO']")).Click();
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
IWebElement comboBoxEquipo = driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_rcbEquipo_Arrow"));
//Then click when menu option is visible
comboBoxEquipo.Click();
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
// container of elements equipment combo
IWebElement listaDesplegableComboEquipos = driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_rcbEquipo_DropDown"));
listaDesplegableComboEquipos.FindElement(By.XPath("//li[text()='MINI-V']")).Click();
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
driver.FindElement(By.Id("MainContent_Button1")).Click();
try
{ Assert.AreEqual("BOMBEO MECANICO_22", driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id=\"MainContent_RejillaRegistroFinanciero_ctl00_ctl04_LabelSistema\"]")).Text);
}
catch (AssertionException e)
{ verificationErrors.Append(e.Message);
}
// verify coin format $1,234,567.89 usd
try
{ Assert.IsTrue(Regex.IsMatch(driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id=\"MainContent_RejillaRegistroFinanciero_ctl00_ctl04_labelInversionInicial\"]")).Text, "\\$((,)*[0-9]*[0-9]*[0-9]+)+(\\.[0-9]{2})? usd"));
}
catch (AssertionException e)
{ verificationErrors.Append(e.Message);
}
try
{ Assert.IsTrue(Regex.IsMatch(driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id=\"MainContent_RejillaRegistroFinanciero_ctl00_ctl04_labelCostoOpMantto\"]")).Text, "\\$((,)*[0-9]*[0-9]*[0-9]+)+(\\.[0-9]{2})? usd"));
}
catch (AssertionException e)
{ verificationErrors.Append(e.Message);
}
try
{ Assert.IsTrue(Regex.IsMatch(driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id=\"MainContent_RejillaRegistroFinanciero_ctl00_ctl04_labelCostoEnergia\"]")).Text, "\\$((,)*[0-9]*[0-9]*[0-9]+)+(\\.[0-9]{2})? usd"));
}
catch (AssertionException e)
{ verificationErrors.Append(e.Message);
}
try
{ Assert.IsTrue(Regex.IsMatch(driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id=\"MainContent_RejillaRegistroFinanciero_ctl00_ctl04_labelcostoUnitarioEnergia\"]")).Text, "\\$((,)*[0-9]*[0-9]*[0-9]+)+(\\.[0-9]{2})? usd"));
}
catch (AssertionException e)
{ verificationErrors.Append(e.Message);
}
// verify number format 1,234,567.89
try
{ Assert.IsTrue(Regex.IsMatch(driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id=\"MainContent_RejillaRegistroFinanciero_ctl00_ctl04_labelConsumo\"]")).Text, "((,)*[0-9]*[0-9]*[0-9]+)+(\\.[0-9]{2})?"));
}
catch (AssertionException e)
{ verificationErrors.Append(e.Message);
}
System.Console.WriteLine("errores: " + verificationErrors);
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(20000);
driver.Quit();
}
public static void SetupTest()
{ baseURL = "http://127.0.0.1:8081/ver.rel.1.2/";
verificationErrors = new StringBuilder();
}
protected static void mouseOver(IWebDriver driver, IWebElement element)
{ Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.MoveToElement(element);
builder.Perform();
}
public static void highlightElement(IWebDriver driver, IWebElement element)
{ for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
{ IJavaScriptExecutor js = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;
js.ExecuteScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('style', arguments[1]);",
element, "color: yellow; border: 2px solid yellow;");
js.ExecuteScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('style', arguments[1]);",
element, "");
}
}
}
}
download at http://vidadigital.com.mx/publicacion/source/Program.cs

I was reading MSDN magazine a while back, and I saw an article about a project called "Watir" that piqued my interested, because I was doing a lot of automated testing at the time. I looked into it and found there is actually a project called WatiN which is .NET based. Check it out I think it is exactly what you're looking to do.
http://watin.org/
http://watir.com/

First start the process using :
Process.Start("firefox.exe", "www.example.com");
Then to kill it you need to do next:
Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("firefox.exe");
foreach (Process p in processes)
{
if (p.ProcessName.Equals("firefox.exe", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
p.Kill();
}
}

How do I use Selenium in C#?

Selenium.
I downloaded the C# client drivers and the IDE. I managed to record some tests and successfully ran them from the IDE. But now I want to do that using C#. I added all relevant DLL files (Firefox) to the project, but I don't have the Selenium class. Some Hello, World! would be nice.

From the Selenium Documentation:
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
class GoogleSuggest
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
//Notice navigation is slightly different than the Java version
//This is because 'get' is a keyword in C#
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com/");
IWebElement query = driver.FindElement(By.Name("q"));
query.SendKeys("Cheese");
System.Console.WriteLine("Page title is: " + driver.Title);
driver.Quit();
}
}

Install the NuGet packet manager
Download link: https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/27077b70-9dad-4c64-adcf-c7cf6bc9970c
Create a C# console application
Right-click on the project → Manage NuGet Packages.
Search for "Selenium" and install package Selenium.Support.
You are done now, and you are ready to write your code :)
For code with Internet Explorer, download the Internet Explorer driver.
Link: http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html
Open 2.45 as its the latest release
Download IEDriverServer_x64_2.45.0.zip or IEDriverServer_Win32_2.45.0.zip
Extract and simply paste the .exe file at any location, for example C:\
Remember the path for further use.
Overall reference link: Selenium 2.0 WebDriver with Visual Studio, C#, & IE – Getting Started
My sample code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
using OpenQA.Selenium.IE;
namespace Selenium_HelloWorld
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IWebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver("C:\\");
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://108.178.174.137");
driver.Manage().Window.Maximize();
driver.FindElement(By.Id("inputName")).SendKeys("apatra");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("inputPassword")).SendKeys("asd");
driver.FindElement(By.Name("DoLogin")).Click();
string output = driver.FindElement( By.XPath(".//*[#id='tab-general']/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div/strong")).Text;
if (output != null )
{
Console.WriteLine("Test Passed :) ");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Test Failed");
}
}
}
}

To set up the IDE for Selenium in conjunction with C# is to use Visual Studio Express. And you can use NUnit as the testing framework. The below links provide you more details. It seems you have set up what is explained in the first link. So check the second link for more details on how to create a basic script.
How to setup C#, NUnit and Selenium client drivers on Visual Studio Express for Automated tests
Creating a basic Selenium web driver test case using NUnit and C#
Sample code from the above blog post:
using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
// Step a
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using NUnit.Framework;
namespace NUnitSelenium
{
[TestFixture]
public class UnitTest1
{
[SetUp]
public void SetupTest()
{
}
[Test]
public void Test_OpeningHomePage()
{
// Step b - Initiating webdriver
IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
// Step c: Making driver to navigate
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://docs.seleniumhq.org/");
// Step d
IWebElement myLink = driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("Download"));
myLink.Click();
// Step e
driver.Quit();
)
}
}

One of the things that I had a hard time finding was how to use PageFactory in C#. Especially for multiple IWebElements. If you wish to use PageFactory, here are a few examples. Source: PageFactory.cs
To declare an HTML WebElement, use this inside the class file.
private const string _ID ="CommonIdinHTML";
[FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = _ID)]
private IList<IWebElement> _MultipleResultsByID;
private const string _ID2 ="IdOfElement";
[FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = _ID2)]
private IWebElement _ResultById;
Don't forget to instantiate the page object elements inside the constructor.
public MyClass(){
PageFactory.InitElements(driver, this);
}
Now you can access that element in any of your files or methods. Also, we can take relative paths from those elements if we ever wish to. I prefer pagefactory because:
I don't ever need to call the driver directly using driver.FindElement(By.Id("id"))
The objects are lazy initialized
I use this to write my own wait-for-elements methods, WebElements wrappers to access only what I need to expose to the test scripts, and helps keeps things clean.
This makes life a lot easier if you have dynamic (autogerated) webelements like lists of data. You simply create a wrapper that will take the IWebElements and add methods to find the element you are looking for.

FirefoxDriverService service = FirefoxDriverService.CreateDefaultService(#"D:\DownloadeSampleCode\WordpressAutomation\WordpressAutomation\Selenium", "geckodriver.exe");
service.Port = 64444;
service.FirefoxBinaryPath = #"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe";
Instance = new FirefoxDriver(service);

C#
First of all, download Selenium IDE for Firefox from the Selenium IDE.
Use and play around with it, test a scenario, record the steps, and then export it as a C# or Java project as per your requirement.
The code file contains code something like:
using System;
using System.IO;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
// Add this name space to access WebDriverWait
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
namespace MyTest
{
[TestClass]
public class MyTest
{
public static IWebDriver Driver = null;
// Use TestInitialize to run code before running each test
[TestInitialize()]
public void MyTestInitialize()
{
try
{
string path = Path.GetFullPath(""); // Copy the Chrome driver to the debug
// folder in the bin or set path accordingly
Driver = new ChromeDriver(path);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
string error = ex.Message;
}
}
// Use TestCleanup to run code after each test has run
[TestCleanup()]
public void MyCleanup()
{
Driver.Quit();
}
[TestMethod]
public void MyTestMethod()
{
try
{
string url = "http://www.google.com";
Driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(url);
IWait<IWebDriver> wait = new WebDriverWait(Driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30.00)); // Wait in Selenium
wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.PresenceOfAllElementsLocatedBy(By.XPath(#"//*[#id='lst - ib']")));
var txtBox = Driver.FindElement(By.XPath(#"//*[#id='lst - ib']"));
txtBox.SendKeys("Google Office");
var btnSearch = Driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id='tsf']/div[2]/div[3]/center/input[1]"));
btnSearch.Click();
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
string error = ex.Message;
}
}
}
}
You need to get the Chrome driver from here.
You need to get NuGet packages and necessary DLL files for the Selenium NuGet website.
You need to understand the basics of Selenium from the Selenium documentation website.
That's all...

using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
using SeleniumAutomationFramework.CommonMethods;
using System.Text;
[TestClass]
public class SampleInCSharp
{
public static IWebDriver driver = Browser.CreateWebDriver(BrowserType.chrome);
[TestMethod]
public void SampleMethodCSharp()
{
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
driver.Url = "http://www.store.demoqa.com";
driver.Manage().Window.Maximize();
driver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//*[#id='account']/a")).Click();
driver.FindElement(By.Id("log")).SendKeys("kalyan");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("pwd")).SendKeys("kalyan");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("login")).Click();
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
IWebElement myDynamicElement = wait.Until<IWebElement>(d => d.FindElement(By.LinkText("Log out")));
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.MoveToElement(driver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//*[#id='menu-item-33']/a"))).Build().Perform();
driver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//*[#id='menu-item-37']/a")).Click();
driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("wpsc_buy_button")).Click();
driver.FindElement(By.XPath(".//*[#id='fancy_notification_content']/a[1]")).Click();
driver.FindElement(By.Name("quantity")).Clear();
driver.FindElement(By.Name("quantity")).SendKeys("10");
driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id='checkout_page_container']/div[1]/a/span")).Click();
driver.FindElement(By.ClassName("account_icon")).Click();
driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("Log out")).Click();
driver.Close();
}
}

You will need to install Microsoft Visual Studio community Edition
Create a new project as Test Project of C#
Add Selenium references from the NuGet Package Manager. Then you will be all set.
Create a new class and use [Test Class] and [Test Method] annotations to run your script
You can refer to Run Selenium C# | Setup Selenium and C# | Configure Selenium C# for more details.

Use the below code once you've added all the required C# libraries to the project in the references.
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
namespace SeleniumWithCsharp
{
class Test
{
public IWebDriver driver;
public void openGoogle()
{
// creating Browser Instance
driver = new FirefoxDriver();
//Maximizing the Browser
driver.Manage().Window.Maximize();
// Opening the URL
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://google.com");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("lst-ib")).SendKeys("Hello World");
driver.FindElement(By.Name("btnG")).Click();
}
static void Main()
{
Test test = new Test();
test.openGoogle();
}
}
}