Demo Selenium JavaScript

Install

Install Node and NPM from https://nodejs.org/

Confirm:

$ node -v

Output example:

v16.10.0

Confirm:

npm -v

Output example:

7.24.1

Install Selenium WebDriver:

npm install --save selenium-webdriver

Install Google chromedriver:

npm install --save chromedriver

Run:

./demo.js

Or you can run with Node explicity:

node demo.js

The script will launch your local Chrome web browser, connect to Google, and send a query for kittens.

If you get this error message:

UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: 
SessionNotCreatedError: session not created: 
This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version …

Then you may need to harmonize your Chrome browser app and your Chrome webdriver.

To update your Chrome browser app:

On your computer, open Chrome.
At top right, tap the "More" icon, which is 3 vertical dots.
You see the "More" menu. If you see a menu item "Update", then choose it. If you don't see a menu item "Update", then you're on the current version.

To update your Chrome webdriver: