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BiDirectional functionality

Selenium is working with browser vendors to create the WebDriver BiDirectional Protocol as a means to provide a stable, cross-browser API that uses the bidirectional functionality useful for both browser automation generally and testing specifically. Before now, users seeking this functionality have had to rely on CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol) with all of its frustrations and limitations.

The traditional WebDriver model of strict request/response commands will be supplemented with the ability to stream events from the user agent to the controlling software via WebSockets, better matching the evented nature of the browser DOM.

As it is not a good idea to tie your tests to a specific version of any browser, the Selenium project recommends using WebDriver BiDi wherever possible.

While the specification is in works, the browser vendors are parallely implementing the WebDriver BiDirectional Protocol. Refer web-platform-tests dashboard to see how far along the browser vendors are. Selenium is trying to keep up with the browser vendors and has started implementing W3C BiDi APIs. The goal is to ensure APIs are W3C compliant and uniform among the different language bindings.

However, until the specification and corresponding Selenium implementation is complete there are many useful things that CDP offers. Selenium offers some useful helper classes that use CDP.

1 - BiDirectional API (CDP implementation)

The following list of APIs will be growing as the Selenium project works through supporting real world use cases. If there is additional functionality you’d like to see, please raise a feature request.

Register Basic Auth

Some applications make use of browser authentication to secure pages. With Selenium, you can automate the input of basic auth credentials whenever they arise.

Predicate<URI> uriPredicate = uri -> uri.getHost().contains("your-domain.com");

((HasAuthentication) driver).register(uriPredicate, UsernameAndPassword.of("admin", "password"));
driver.get("https://your-domain.com/login");

Add Example

NetworkAuthenticationHandler handler = new NetworkAuthenticationHandler()
{
    UriMatcher = (d) => d.Host.Contains("your-domain.com"),
    Credentials = new PasswordCredentials("admin", "password")
};

INetwork networkInterceptor = driver.Manage().Network;
networkInterceptor.AddAuthenticationHandler(handler);
await networkInterceptor.StartMonitoring();
require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

begin
  driver.devtools.new
  driver.register(username: 'username', password: 'password')
  driver.get '<your site url>'
ensure
  driver.quit
end
const {Builder} = require('selenium-webdriver');

(async function example() {
  try {
    let driver = await new Builder()
      .forBrowser('chrome')
      .build();

    const pageCdpConnection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page');
    await driver.register('username', 'password', pageCdpConnection);
    await driver.get('https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/basic_auth');
    await driver.quit();
  }catch (e){
    console.log(e)
  }
}())
val uriPredicate = Predicate { uri: URI ->
        uri.host.contains("your-domain.com")
    }
(driver as HasAuthentication).register(uriPredicate, UsernameAndPassword.of("admin", "password"))
driver.get("https://your-domain.com/login")

Mutation Observation

Mutation Observation is the ability to capture events via WebDriver BiDi when there are DOM mutations on a specific element in the DOM.

ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

AtomicReference<DomMutationEvent> seen = new AtomicReference<>();
CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
((HasLogEvents) driver).onLogEvent(domMutation(mutation -> {
    seen.set(mutation);
    latch.countDown();
}));

driver.get("https://www.google.com");
WebElement span = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("span"));

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('cheese', 'gouda');", span);

assertThat(latch.await(10, SECONDS), is(true));
assertThat(seen.get().getAttributeName(), is("cheese"));
assertThat(seen.get().getCurrentValue(), is("gouda"));

driver.quit();
  
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
async with driver.log.mutation_events() as event:
    pages.load("dynamic.html")
    driver.find_element(By.ID, "reveal").click()
    WebDriverWait(driver, 5)\
        .until(EC.visibility_of(driver.find_element(By.ID, "revealed")))

assert event["attribute_name"] == "style"
assert event["current_value"] == ""
assert event["old_value"] == "display:none;"

  
List<DomMutationData> attributeValueChanges = new List<DomMutationData>();
DefaultWait<List<DomMutationData>> wait = new DefaultWait<List<DomMutationData>>(attributeValueChanges);
wait.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3);

using IJavaScriptEngine monitor = new JavaScriptEngine(driver);
monitor.DomMutated += (sender, e) =>
{
    attributeValueChanges.Add(e.AttributeData);
};
await monitor.StartEventMonitoring();

driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com");
IWebElement span = driver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("span"));

await monitor.EnableDomMutationMonitoring();
((IJavaScriptExecutor) driver).ExecuteScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('cheese', 'gouda');", span);

wait.Until((list) => list.Count > 0);
Console.WriteLine("Found {0} DOM mutation events", attributeValueChanges.Count);
foreach(var record in attributeValueChanges)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Attribute name: {0}", record.AttributeName);
    Console.WriteLine("Attribute value: {0}", record.AttributeValue);
}

await monitor.DisableDomMutationMonitoring();
  
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :firefox
begin
  driver.on_log_event(:mutation) { |mutation| mutations.push(mutation) }
  driver.navigate.to url_for('dynamic.html')
  driver.find_element(id: 'reveal').click
  wait.until { mutations.any? }
  mutation = mutations.first
  expect(mutation.element).to eq(driver.find_element(id: 'revealed'))
  expect(mutation.attribute_name).to eq('style')
  expect(mutation.current_value).to eq('')
  expect(mutation.old_value).to eq('display:none;')
ensure
  driver.quit
end
  
const {Builder, until} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function example() {
  try {
    let driver = await new Builder()
      .forBrowser('chrome')
      .build();

    const cdpConnection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page');
    await driver.logMutationEvents(cdpConnection, event => {
      assert.deepStrictEqual(event['attribute_name'], 'style');
      assert.deepStrictEqual(event['current_value'], "");
      assert.deepStrictEqual(event['old_value'], "display:none;");
    });

    await driver.get('dynamic.html');
    await driver.findElement({id: 'reveal'}).click();
    let revealed = driver.findElement({id: 'revealed'});
    await driver.wait(until.elementIsVisible(revealed), 5000);
    await driver.quit();
  }catch (e){
    console.log(e)
  }
}())

Add Example

Listen to console.log events

Listen to the console.log events and register callbacks to process the event.

ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
DevTools devTools = driver.getDevTools();
devTools.createSession();
devTools.send(Log.enable());
devTools.addListener(Log.entryAdded(),
                           logEntry -> {
                               System.out.println("log: "+logEntry.getText());
                               System.out.println("level: "+logEntry.getLevel());
                           });
driver.get("http://the-internet.herokuapp.com/broken_images");
// Check the terminal output for the browser console messages.
driver.quit();
import trio
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.log import Log

async def printConsoleLogs():
  chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
  driver = webdriver.Chrome()
  driver.get("http://www.google.com")

  async with driver.bidi_connection() as session:
      log = Log(driver, session)
      from selenium.webdriver.common.bidi.console import Console
      async with log.add_listener(Console.ALL) as messages:
          driver.execute_script("console.log('I love cheese')")
      print(messages["message"])

  driver.quit()

trio.run(printConsoleLogs)
using IJavaScriptEngine monitor = new JavaScriptEngine(driver);
List<string> consoleMessages = new List<string>();
monitor.JavaScriptConsoleApiCalled += (sender, e) =>
{
    Console.WriteLine("Log: {0}", e.MessageContent);
};
await monitor.StartEventMonitoring();
require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
begin
  driver.get 'http://www.google.com'
  logs = []
  driver.on_log_event(:console) do |event|
    logs.push(event)
    puts logs.length
  end

  driver.execute_script('console.log("here")')

ensure
  driver.quit
end
const {Builder} = require('selenium-webdriver');
(async () => {
  try {
    let driver = new Builder()
      .forBrowser('chrome')
      .build();

    const cdpConnection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page');
    await driver.onLogEvent(cdpConnection, function (event) {
      console.log(event['args'][0]['value']);
    });
    await driver.executeScript('console.log("here")');
    await driver.quit();
  }catch (e){
    console.log(e);
  }
})()
fun kotlinConsoleLogExample() {
    val driver = ChromeDriver()
    val devTools = driver.devTools
    devTools.createSession()

    val logConsole = { c: ConsoleEvent -> print("Console log message is: " + c.messages)}
    devTools.domains.events().addConsoleListener(logConsole)

    driver.get("https://www.google.com")

    val executor = driver as JavascriptExecutor
    executor.executeScript("console.log('Hello World')")

    val input = driver.findElement(By.name("q"))
    input.sendKeys("Selenium 4")
    input.sendKeys(Keys.RETURN)
    driver.quit()
}

Listen to JS Exceptions

Listen to the JS Exceptions and register callbacks to process the exception details.

import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.DevTools;

public void jsExceptionsExample() {
    ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
    DevTools devTools = driver.getDevTools();
    devTools.createSession();

    List<JavascriptException> jsExceptionsList = new ArrayList<>();
    Consumer<JavascriptException> addEntry = jsExceptionsList::add;
    devTools.getDomains().events().addJavascriptExceptionListener(addEntry);

    driver.get("<your site url>");

    WebElement link2click = driver.findElement(By.linkText("<your link text>"));
    ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute(arguments[1], arguments[2]);",
          link2click, "onclick", "throw new Error('Hello, world!')");
    link2click.click();

    for (JavascriptException jsException : jsExceptionsList) {
        System.out.println("JS exception message: " + jsException.getMessage());
        System.out.println("JS exception system information: " + jsException.getSystemInformation());
        jsException.printStackTrace();
    }
}
async def catchJSException():
  chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
  driver = webdriver.Chrome()

  async with driver.bidi_connection() as session:
      driver.get("<your site url>")
      log = Log(driver, session)
      async with log.add_js_error_listener() as messages:
          # Operation on the website that throws an JS error
      print(messages)

  driver.quit()
List<string> exceptionMessages = new List<string>();
using IJavaScriptEngine monitor = new JavaScriptEngine(driver);
monitor.JavaScriptExceptionThrown += (sender, e) =>
{
    exceptionMessages.Add(e.Message);
};

await monitor.StartEventMonitoring();

driver.Navigate.GoToUrl("<your site url>");

IWebElement link2click = driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("<your link text>"));
((IJavaScriptExecutor) driver).ExecuteScript("arguments[0].setAttribute(arguments[1], arguments[2]);",
      link2click, "onclick", "throw new Error('Hello, world!')");
link2click.Click();

foreach (string message in exceptionMessages)
{
    Console.WriteLine("JS exception message: {0}", message);
}
require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
begin
  driver.get '<your-site-url>'
  exceptions = []
  driver.on_log_event(:exception) do |event|
    exceptions.push(event)
    puts exceptions.length
  end

  #Actions causing JS exceptions

ensure
  driver.quit
end
const {Builder, By} = require('selenium-webdriver');
(async () => {
  try {
    let driver = new Builder()
      .forBrowser('chrome')
      .build();

    const cdpConnection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page')
    await driver.onLogException(cdpConnection, function (event) {
      console.log(event['exceptionDetails']);
    })
    await driver.get('https://the-internet.herokuapp.com');
    const link = await driver.findElement(By.linkText('Checkboxes'));
    await driver.executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute(arguments[1], arguments[2]);", link, "onclick","throw new Error('Hello, world!')");
    await link.click();
    await driver.quit();
  }catch (e){
    console.log(e);
  }
})()
fun kotlinJsErrorListener() {
    val driver = ChromeDriver()
    val devTools = driver.devTools
    devTools.createSession()

    val logJsError = { j: JavascriptException -> print("Javascript error: '" + j.localizedMessage + "'.") }
    devTools.domains.events().addJavascriptExceptionListener(logJsError)

    driver.get("https://www.google.com")

    val link2click = driver.findElement(By.name("q"))
    (driver as JavascriptExecutor).executeScript(
      "arguments[0].setAttribute(arguments[1], arguments[2]);",
      link2click, "onclick", "throw new Error('Hello, world!')"
    )
    link2click.click()

    driver.quit()
}

Network Interception

If you want to capture network events coming into the browser and you want manipulate them you are able to do it with the following examples.

    import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
    import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.HasDevTools;
    import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.NetworkInterceptor;
    import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents;
    import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Filter;
    import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;
    import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Route;

    NetworkInterceptor interceptor = new NetworkInterceptor(
      driver,
      Route.matching(req -> true)
        .to(() -> req -> new HttpResponse()
          .setStatus(200)
          .addHeader("Content-Type", MediaType.HTML_UTF_8.toString())
          .setContent(utf8String("Creamy, delicious cheese!"))));

   driver.get("https://example-sausages-site.com");

    String source = driver.getPageSource();

    assertThat(source).contains("delicious cheese!");
Currently unavailable in python due the inability to mix certain async and sync commands

Add Example

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.intercept do |request, &continue|
    uri = URI(request.url)
    if uri.path.end_with?('one.js')
      uri.path = '/devtools_request_interception_test/two.js'
      request.url = uri.to_s
    end
    continue.call(request)
end
driver.navigate.to url_for('devToolsRequestInterceptionTest.html')
driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button').click
expect(driver.find_element(id: 'result').text).to eq('two')
const connection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page')
let url = fileServer.whereIs("/cheese")
let httpResponse = new HttpResponse(url)
httpResponse.addHeaders("Content-Type", "UTF-8")
httpResponse.body = "sausages"
await driver.onIntercept(connection, httpResponse, async function () {
  let body = await driver.getPageSource()
  assert.strictEqual(body.includes("sausages"), true, `Body contains: ${body}`)
})
driver.get(url)
val driver = ChromeDriver()
val interceptor = new NetworkInterceptor(
      driver,
      Route.matching(req -> true)
        .to(() -> req -> new HttpResponse()
          .setStatus(200)
          .addHeader("Content-Type", MediaType.HTML_UTF_8.toString())
          .setContent(utf8String("Creamy, delicious cheese!"))))

    driver.get(appServer.whereIs("/cheese"))

    String source = driver.getPageSource()

2 - Chrome DevTools

While Selenium 4 provides direct access to the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP), it is highly encouraged that you use the WebDriver Bidi APIs instead.

Many browsers provide “DevTools” – a set of tools that are integrated with the browser that developers can use to debug web apps and explore the performance of their pages. Google Chrome’s DevTools make use of a protocol called the Chrome DevTools Protocol (or “CDP” for short). As the name suggests, this is not designed for testing, nor to have a stable API, so functionality is highly dependent on the version of the browser.

WebDriver Bidi is the next generation of the W3C WebDriver protocol and aims to provide a stable API implemented by all browsers, but it’s not yet complete. Until it is, Selenium provides access to the CDP for those browsers that implement it (such as Google Chrome, or Microsoft Edge, and Firefox), allowing you to enhance your tests in interesting ways. Some examples of what you can do with it are given below.

Emulate Geo Location

Some applications have different features and functionalities across different locations. Automating such applications is difficult because it is hard to emulate the geo-locations in the browser using Selenium. But with the help of Devtools, we can easily emulate them. Below code snippet demonstrates that.

ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
DevTools devTools = driver.getDevTools();
devTools.createSession();
devTools.send(Emulation.setGeolocationOverride(Optional.of(52.5043),
                                               Optional.of(13.4501),
                                               Optional.of(1)));
driver.get("https://my-location.org/");
driver.quit();
  
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

def geoLocationTest():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    Map_coordinates = dict({
        "latitude": 41.8781,
        "longitude": -87.6298,
        "accuracy": 100
        })
    driver.execute_cdp_cmd("Emulation.setGeolocationOverride", Map_coordinates)
    driver.get("<your site url>")
  
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools;
// Replace the version to match the Chrome version
using OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools.V87.Emulation;

namespace dotnet_test {
  class Program {
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
      GeoLocation().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
    }

    public static async Task GeoLocation() {
      ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
      DevToolsSession devToolsSession = driver.CreateDevToolsSession();
      var geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings = new SetGeolocationOverrideCommandSettings();

      geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings.Latitude = 51.507351;
      geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings.Longitude = -0.127758;
      geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings.Accuracy = 1;

      await devToolsSession
        .GetVersionSpecificDomains<OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools.V87.DevToolsSessionDomains>()
        .Emulation
        .SetGeolocationOverride(geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings);

        driver.Url = "<your site url>";
        }
    }
}
  
require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

begin
  # Latitude and longitude of Tokyo, Japan
  coordinates = { latitude: 35.689487,
                  longitude: 139.691706,
                  accuracy: 100 }
  driver.execute_cdp('Emulation.setGeolocationOverride', coordinates)
  driver.get 'https://www.google.com/search?q=selenium'
ensure
  driver.quit
end
  
const { By, Key, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const { suite } = require('selenium-webdriver/testing');
const assert = require("assert");

suite(function(env) {
    describe('Emulate geolocation', function() {
        let driver;

        before(async function() {
            driver = await env.builder().build();
        });

        after(() => driver.quit());

        it('Emulate coordinates of Tokyo', async function() {
            const cdpConnection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page');

            // Latitude and longitude of Tokyo, Japan
            const coordinates = {
                latitude: 35.689487,
                longitude: 139.691706,
                accuracy: 100,
            };

            await cdpConnection.execute(
                "Emulation.setGeolocationOverride",
                coordinates
            );
            await driver.get("https://kawasaki-india.com/dealer-locator/");
        });

    });
},{ browsers: [Browser.CHROME, Browser.FIREFOX]});
Check code on GitHub 
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.DevTools

fun main() {
    val driver =  ChromeDriver()
    val coordinates : HashMap<String, Any> = HashMap<String, Any> ()
    coordinates.put("latitude", 50.2334)
    coordinates.put("longitude", 0.2334)
    coordinates.put("accuracy", 1)
    driver.executeCdpCommand("Emulation.setGeolocationOverride", coordinates)
    driver.get("https://www.google.com")
}

Emulate Geo Location with the Remote WebDriver:

ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("<grid-url>"), chromeOptions);
driver = new Augmenter().augment(driver);

DevTools devTools = ((HasDevTools) driver).getDevTools();
devTools.createSession();

devTools.send(Emulation.setGeolocationOverride(Optional.of(52.5043),
                                               Optional.of(13.4501),
                                               Optional.of(1)));
 
driver.get("https://my-location.org/");
driver.quit();
  
from selenium import webdriver
#Replace the version to match the Chrome version
import selenium.webdriver.common.devtools.v93 as devtools

async def geoLocationTest():
    chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
    driver = webdriver.Remote(
        command_executor='<grid-url>',
        options=chrome_options
    )

    async with driver.bidi_connection() as session:
        cdpSession = session.session
        await cdpSession.execute(devtools.emulation.set_geolocation_override(latitude=41.8781,longitude=-87.6298,accuracy=100))
    driver.get("https://my-location.org/")
    driver.quit()
  
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools;
// Replace the version to match the Chrome version
using OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools.V87.Emulation;

namespace dotnet_test {
  class Program {
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
      GeoLocation().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
    }

    public static async Task GeoLocation() {
      ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
      RemoteWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("<grid-url>"), chromeOptions);
      DevToolsSession devToolsSession = driver.CreateDevToolsSession();
      var geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings = new SetGeolocationOverrideCommandSettings();

      geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings.Latitude = 51.507351;
      geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings.Longitude = -0.127758;
      geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings.Accuracy = 1;

      await devToolsSession
        .GetVersionSpecificDomains<OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools.V87.DevToolsSessionDomains>()
        .Emulation
        .SetGeolocationOverride(geoLocationOverrideCommandSettings);

        driver.Url = "https://my-location.org/";
        }
    }
}
  
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(
:remote, 
:url => "<grid-url>",
:capabilities => :chrome)

begin
  # Latitude and longitude of Tokyo, Japan
  coordinates = { latitude: 35.689487,
                  longitude: 139.691706,
                  accuracy: 100 }
  devToolsSession = driver.devtools
  devToolsSession.send_cmd('Emulation.setGeolocationOverride', coordinates)
  driver.get 'https://my-location.org/'
  puts res
ensure
  driver.quit
end

  
const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');
const BROWSER_NAME = webdriver.Browser.CHROME;

async function getDriver() {
  return new webdriver.Builder()
  .usingServer('<grid-url>')
  .forBrowser(BROWSER_NAME)
  .build();
}

async function executeCDPCommands () {
 let driver = await getDriver();

 await driver.get("<your site url>");
 
 const cdpConnection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page');
  //Latitude and longitude of Tokyo, Japan
  const coordinates = {
    latitude: 35.689487,
    longitude: 139.691706,
    accuracy: 100,
  };
  await cdpConnection.execute(
    "Emulation.setGeolocationOverride",
    coordinates
  );
 await driver.quit();
}

executeCDPCommands(); 
  

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions
import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.HasDevTools
// Replace the version to match the Chrome version
import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.v91.emulation.Emulation
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.Augmenter
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver
import java.net.URL
import java.util.Optional

fun main() {
    val chromeOptions = ChromeOptions()
    var driver: WebDriver = RemoteWebDriver(URL("<grid-url>"), chromeOptions)
    driver = Augmenter().augment(driver)

    val devTools = (driver as HasDevTools).devTools
    devTools.createSession()

    devTools.send(
        Emulation.setGeolocationOverride(
            Optional.of(52.5043),
            Optional.of(13.4501),
            Optional.of(1)
        )
    )

    driver["https://my-location.org/"]
    driver.quit()
}

Override Device Mode

Using Selenium’s integration with CDP, one can override the current device mode and simulate a new mode. Width, height, mobile, and deviceScaleFactor are required parameters. Optional parameters include scale, screenWidth, screenHeight, positionX, positionY, dontSetVisible, screenOrientation, viewport, and displayFeature.

ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
DevTools devTools = driver.getDevTools();
devTools.createSession();
// iPhone 11 Pro dimensions
devTools.send(Emulation.setDeviceMetricsOverride(375,
                                                 812,
                                                 50,
                                                 true,
                                                 Optional.empty(),
                                                 Optional.empty(),
                                                 Optional.empty(),
                                                 Optional.empty(),
                                                 Optional.empty(),
                                                 Optional.empty(),
                                                 Optional.empty(),
                                                 Optional.empty(),
                                                 Optional.empty()));
driver.get("https://selenium.dev/");
driver.quit();
  from selenium import webdriver
  
  driver = webdriver.Chrome()
  // iPhone 11 Pro dimensions
  set_device_metrics_override = dict({
                  "width": 375,
                  "height": 812,
                  "deviceScaleFactor": 50,
                  "mobile": True
              })
  driver.execute_cdp_cmd('Emulation.setDeviceMetricsOverride', set_device_metrics_override)
  driver.get("<your site url>")
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools.V91.Emulation;
using DevToolsSessionDomains = OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools.V91.DevToolsSessionDomains;

namespace Selenium4Sample {
public class ExampleDevice {

    protected IDevToolsSession session;
    protected IWebDriver driver;
    protected DevToolsSessionDomains devToolsSession;

    public async Task DeviceModeTest() {
      ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
      //Set ChromeDriver
      driver = new ChromeDriver();
      //Get DevTools
      IDevTools devTools = driver as IDevTools;
      //DevTools Session
      session = devTools.GetDevToolsSession();

      var deviceModeSetting = new SetDeviceMetricsOverrideCommandSettings();
      deviceModeSetting.Width = 600;
      deviceModeSetting.Height = 1000;
      deviceModeSetting.Mobile = true;
      deviceModeSetting.DeviceScaleFactor = 50;

      await session
            .GetVersionSpecificDomains < OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools.V91.DevToolsSessionDomains > ()
            .Emulation
            .SetDeviceMetricsOverride(deviceModeSetting);

      driver.Url = "<your site url>";
    }
}
}
require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

begin
  metrics = { width: 300,
              height: 200,
              mobile: true,
              deviceScaleFactor: 50 }
  driver.execute_cdp('Emulation.setDeviceMetricsOverride', metrics)
  driver.get 'https://www.google.com'
ensure
  driver.quit
end
const {Builder} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const firefox = require('selenium-webdriver/firefox');
const options = new firefox.Options();
// enable debugger for CDP
options.enableDebugger();

(async function example() {
  try {
    let driver = await new Builder().forBrowser('firefox').setFirefoxOptions(options).build();
    const pageCdpConnection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page');
    const metrics = {
      width: 300,
      height: 200,
      deviceScaleFactor: 50,
      mobile: true,
    };
    await pageCdpConnection.execute(
      "Emulation.setDeviceMetricsOverride",
      metrics
    );
    await driver.get("https://www.google.com");
    await driver.quit();
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
})();
fun kotlinOverridDeviceMode() {
  val driver = ChromeDriver()

  val deviceMetrics: Map<String, Any> = object : HashMap<String, Any>() {
    init {
        put("width", 600)
        put("height", 1000)
        put("mobile", true)
        put("deviceScaleFactor", 50)
    }
  }

  driver.executeCdpCommand("Emulation.setDeviceMetricsOverride", deviceMetrics)
  driver.get("https://www.google.com")
  driver.quit()
}

Collect Performance Metrics

Collect various performance metrics while navigating the application.

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.DevTools;

public void performanceMetricsExample() {
    ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
    DevTools devTools = driver.getDevTools();
    devTools.createSession();
    devTools.send(Performance.enable(Optional.empty()));
    List<Metric> metricList = devTools.send(Performance.getMetrics());

    driver.get("https://google.com");
    driver.quit();

    for(Metric m : metricList) {
        System.out.println(m.getName() + " = " + m.getValue());
    }
}
from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get('https://www.duckduckgo.com')
driver.execute_cdp_cmd('Performance.enable', {})
t = driver.execute_cdp_cmd('Performance.getMetrics', {})
print(t)
driver.quit()
// File must contain the following using statements
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools;

// We must use a version-specific set of domains
using OpenQA.Selenium.DevTools.V94.Performance;

public async Task PerformanceMetricsExample()
{
    IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
    IDevTools devTools = driver as IDevTools;
    DevToolsSession session = devTools.GetDevToolsSession();
    await session.SendCommand<EnableCommandSettings>(new EnableCommandSettings());
    var metricsResponse =
        await session.SendCommand<GetMetricsCommandSettings, GetMetricsCommandResponse>(
            new GetMetricsCommandSettings());

    driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com");
    driver.Quit();

    var metrics = metricsResponse.Metrics;
    foreach (Metric metric in metrics)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", metric.Name, metric.Value);
    }
}
require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

begin
  driver.get 'https://www.duckduckgo.com'
  driver.execute_cdp('Performance.enable', {})
  metrics = driver.execute_cdp('Performance.getMetrics', {})
  puts metrics
ensure
  driver.quit
end
await driver.get("https://www.duckduckgo.com");

await driver.sendAndGetDevToolsCommand('Performance.enable')

let result = await driver.sendAndGetDevToolsCommand('Performance.getMetrics')
console.log(result)

await driver.quit();
val driver = ChromeDriver()
val devTools = driver.devTools
devTools.createSession()
devTools.send(Performance.enable(Optional.empty()))
val metricList: List<Metric> = devTools.send(Performance.getMetrics())

driver["https://google.com"]
driver.quit()

for (m in metricList) {
    println(m.name.toString() + " = " + m.value)
}

3 - BiDirectional API (W3C compliant)

The following list of APIs will be growing as the WebDriver BiDirectional Protocol grows and browser vendors implement the same. Additionally, Selenium will try to support real-world use cases that internally use a combination of W3C BiDi protocol APIs.

If there is additional functionality you’d like to see, please raise a feature request.

3.1 - Browsing Context

This section contains the APIs related to browsing context commands.

Open a new window

Creates a new browsing context in a new window.

    @Test
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Open a new tab

Creates a new browsing context in a new tab.

    void testCreateAWindowWithAReferenceContext() {
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Use existing window handle

Creates a browsing context for the existing tab/window to run commands.

    }
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Open a window with a reference browsing context

A reference browsing context is a top-level browsing context. The API allows to pass the reference browsing context, which is used to create a new window. The implementation is operating system specific.


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    void testCreateAWindow() {
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Open a tab with a reference browsing context

A reference browsing context is a top-level browsing context. The API allows to pass the reference browsing context, which is used to create a new tab. The implementation is operating system specific.


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    void testCreateATab() {
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    void testCreateATabWithAReferenceContext() {
        BrowsingContext
                browsingContext =
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        NavigationResult info = browsingContext.navigate("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html");

        Assertions.assertNotNull(browsingContext.getId());
        Assertions.assertNull(info.getNavigationId());
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Get browsing context tree

Provides a tree of all browsing contexts descending from the parent browsing context, including the parent browsing context.

                ReadinessState.COMPLETE);

        Assertions.assertNotNull(browsingContext.getId());
        Assertions.assertNull(info.getNavigationId());
        Assertions.assertTrue(info.getUrl().contains("/bidi/logEntryAdded.html"));
    }
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Get browsing context tree with depth

Provides a tree of all browsing contexts descending from the parent browsing context, including the parent browsing context upto the depth value passed.

        Assertions.assertEquals(1, contextInfoList.size());
        BrowsingContextInfo info = contextInfoList.get(0);
        Assertions.assertEquals(1, info.getChildren().size());
        Assertions.assertEquals(referenceContextId, info.getId());
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Get All Top level browsing contexts


        Assertions.assertEquals(1, contextInfoList.size());
        BrowsingContextInfo info = contextInfoList.get(0);
        Assertions.assertNull(info.getChildren()); // since depth is 0
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Close a tab/window

        BrowsingContext window2 = new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.WINDOW);

        List<BrowsingContextInfo> contextInfoList = window1.getTopLevelContexts();
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3.2 - Log

This section contains the APIs related to logging.

Listen to console.log events

Listen to the console.log events and register callbacks to process the event.

    }

    @AfterEach
    public void cleanup() {
        driver.quit();
    }

    @Test
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            const inspector = await LogInspector(driver)
            await inspector.onConsoleEntry(function (log) {
              logEntry = log
            })
    
            await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html')
            await driver.findElement({ id: 'consoleLog' }).click()
            
            assert.equal(logEntry.text, 'Hello, world!')
            assert.equal(logEntry.realm, null)
            assert.equal(logEntry.type, 'console')
            assert.equal(logEntry.level, 'info')
            assert.equal(logEntry.method, 'log')
            assert.equal(logEntry.stackTrace, null)
            assert.equal(logEntry.args.length, 1)
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Listen to JS Exceptions

Listen to the JS Exceptions and register callbacks to process the exception details.

            Assertions.assertEquals("Error: Not working", logEntry.getText());
            Assertions.assertEquals("javascript", logEntry.getType());
            Assertions.assertEquals(LogLevel.ERROR, logEntry.getLevel());
        }
    }

    @Test
    void testListenToJavascriptErrorLog()
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        const inspector = await LogInspector(driver)
        await inspector.onJavascriptException(function (log) {
            logEntry = log
        })

        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html')
        await driver.findElement({ id: 'jsException' }).click()

        assert.equal(logEntry.text, 'Error: Not working')
        assert.equal(logEntry.type, 'javascript')
        assert.equal(logEntry.level, 'error')
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Listen to JS Logs

Listen to all JS logs at all levels and register callbacks to process the log.

            Assertions.assertEquals("console", logEntry.getType());
            Assertions.assertEquals("log", logEntry.getMethod());
            Assertions.assertNull(logEntry.getStackTrace());
        }
    }

    @Test
    void testListenToJavascriptLog()
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