Start a web session

Use StartWebSession to open a new, empty browser window:

• Supported browsers are Chrome and Firefox. If no arguments are given to StartWebSession, it defaults to Chrome.
• Several web sessions can run simultaneously.

Open a webpage

Open a webpage in the browser:

• Opening a webpage yields a Success object even when the URL is not a valid destination.
• Web session commands include "PageBack", "ClickElement", "TypeElement", "BrowserWindows" and "SetWindowSize". See the WebExecute documentation for a complete list.

Extract information about the page

Get the webpage title:

Get the webpage URL:

Get a list of hyperlinks on the webpage:

Manipulate the document object model (DOM)

Use the "LocateElements" option to search for elements in the DOM.

Get a reference to the search field on the webpage:

Get a reference to the button on the webpage that initiates a search:

Enter “Ada Lovelace” in the search field, then click the search button:

Execute JavaScript code on the page

Pass a block of JavaScript code as a string to WebExecute, and the web driver will execute that code on the live page:

End the web session

To end the web session, delete the web session object: