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Selenium automation project is working on localhost but not working production

Here is my code. I have use nuget package selenium, chrome drive and chrome drive exe.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace selenium
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.google.com");
driver.FindElement(By.Name("q")).SendKeys("test");
}
}
}

You need to enable logs and check them. Possible problem may be that browser cannot be started (e.g. Chrome and ChromeDriver are not installed/configured). Another possibility could be that outgoing internet traffic is blocked, what typically happens on servers in production.

Can't launch chrome driver in Selenium

I was always able to launch chromedriver server locally but then I tried to do this remotely and since then I am unable to launch it. I reinstalled chrome as well the chrome driver but nothing seems to fix this. Even when I give the path of my driver it won't launch.
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium.IE;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Safari;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions;
namespace TestWebDriver
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var driver = new ChromeDriver(#"C:\Users\laurens.putseys\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\TestWebDriver\packages\Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver.2.21.0.0\driver\");
driver.Url = "http://google.be";
Console.ReadLine();
driver.Quit();
}
}
}
The error I get is the following:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in WebDriver.dll
Additional information: unknown error: chrome failed to start
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.21.371459 (36d3d07f660ff2bc1bf28a75d1cdabed0983e7c4),platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64)
It started after I tried this:
System.Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("webdriver.chrome.driver",#"/path/to/where/you/ve/put/chromedriver.exe"
Now I cannot launch the local either. Launching IE and Firefox local work without any problems. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

try downloading the driver and give its path to contractor - LINK
driver = new ChromeDriver(DRIVER_PATH);

By the version number (2.21.371459) you can tell that the ChromeDriver executable has been launched by your remote Selenium server. But the ChromeDriver was obviously unable to launch the Chrome browser. Is it installed on the server? Can you launch is manually? Can you watch the remote server on a screen and see what happens? Are there any error message boxes displayed by Chrome?
Maybe uninstalling and re-installing Chrome could help!

I had the same problem. I had the browser set to always run under the administrator.
So I started Visual Studio as an administrator and the problem was solved.

Chome opens for a split second then closes using selenium webdriver

I’m setting up chromedriver (win32) on visual studio using C#, I have firefox and it works great. I have downloaded the chromedriver.exe and set the PATH in windows to its location (C:...misc...\Selenium Webdriver\chromedriver) as the book “selenium recepies in C sharp” suggests. I am able to open up the driver via cmd and see the port. I have also used the NuGet package manager to get the chromewebdriver there. I have looked at this link with no success.
Chrome open for a split second and then closes.
My code.
using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace UnitTestProject1
{
[TestClass]
public class BrowserTest
{
[TestMethod]
public void ChromeTest()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com");
}
}
}
I’m willing to remove everything and start from scratch if I’ve botched the install somewhere along the way. Any help would be great.
EDIT: I have uninstalled and reinstalled chrome also.

using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace UnitTestProject1
{
[TestClass]
public class BrowserTest
{
string DRIVER_PATH = #"C:...misc...\Selenium Webdriver\chromedriver";
[TestMethod]
public void ChromeTest()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(DRIVER_PATH);
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com");
}
}
}

I am new to selenium. As per tutorial I installed Web Driver for Google Chrome i.e WebDriverChromedriver. On running the sample program I got the same issue.
Then I installed "Selenium.Chrome.WebDriver" package from Nugetpackage. And my program got executed successfully.

InternetExlorerDriver cannot be found even after referencing all selenium DLLs

I'm trying to get started using Selenium by running some of the samples. I've seen others having trouble at run time getting the InternetExplorerDrive working, see How to instantiate InternetExplorerDriver with Selenium WebDriver using C#, but my problem is different. I get a compile time error that InternetExlorerDriver could not be found. I've installed all four "Official NuGet Packages: RC WebDriver WebDriverBackedSelenium Support" in my project.
I have the IEDriverServer.exe added to the project too but I'm not getting that far yet.
What reference am I missing?
using System;
using System.Threading;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;
namespace SeleniumTest
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create a new instance of the Firefox driver.
// Notice that the remainder of the code relies on the interface,
// not the implementation.
// Further note that other drivers (InternetExplorerDriver,
// ChromeDriver, etc.) will require further configuration
// before this example will work. See the wiki pages for the
// individual drivers at http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki
// for further information.
IWebDriver driver = new InternetExlorerDriver(); //missing reference error here
Compile time error:
Error 1 The type or namespace name 'InternetExlorerDriver' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) c:\users\chadd\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\SeleniumWebDr\SeleniumTest\Program.cs 22 37 SeleniumTest

I notice that in your code, you don't have a using statement for the IE driver's namespace. Add the following line to your source code:
using OpenQA.Selenium.IE;
See if that doesn't resolve the issue.
Additionally, in your code, you're attempting to instantiate a class named InternetExlorerDriver. You're missing a p there. InternetExplorerDriver is what you want.
Incidentally, Visual Studio should provide you with tooltip support to correct this issue.

You have to download the IE Explorer driver from selenium hq site in order to invoke the Internet explorer browser as selenium only supports firefox as its default browser.
Please find below the link: http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/
download the 32 bit or 64 bit internet explorer driver server and just add the below setting in your script:
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",
System.getProperty("user.dir") + "\\IEDriverServer.exe");
Webdriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
assuming you have kept the exe file in the same project folder. hope this helps !!

Chrome Driver issues in C# selenium

I wrote my first selenium script and it worked. here is the code below
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace test1Sel
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(#"C:\ChromeDriver");
If i try and write a new script however i get an error on the driver saying Invalid argument has been supplied. I am using Visual Studio 2013 Pro. I am not sure why the line worked the first time but will not work in any other script. i have installed both selenium packages in the first script and in any other test script i have tried. any ideas would be great!

Try to replace Chrome driver into the bin folder (solution\project\bin\debug), and use constructor without path (without arguments).
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();