Selenium WebDriver Core API & Commands

Question 1

Which WebDriver method is used to navigate to a URL?

Accepted Answer

driver.get(url)

Answer

driver.get(url) loads a new web page in the current browser window.

Question 2

What does driver.findElement(By.id('foo')) return if no element is found?

Accepted Answer

NoSuchElementException

Answer

WebDriver throws a NoSuchElementException when findElement cannot locate a matching element.

Question 3

Which method retrieves the current page title in Selenium WebDriver?

Accepted Answer

driver.getTitle()

Answer

driver.getTitle() returns the title of the current page as a String.

Question 4

How do you close only the current browser window (not the entire session) in WebDriver?

Accepted Answer

driver.close()

Answer

driver.close() closes the focused browser window; driver.quit() ends the entire WebDriver session.

Question 5

What does driver.getWindowHandle() return?

Accepted Answer

A unique string ID for the current window

Answer

driver.getWindowHandle() returns a String that uniquely identifies the current browser window.

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