Simple example in Selenium Python

Lets see a sample program and how selenium python works.

Sample Program:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time  
# initialising webdriver
PATH = "/path/to/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)  
def startpy():    
   driver.get("https://www.google.com/")  
   
   # gets first element from the given tag    
   search = driver.find_element_by_name("q")              
   search.send_keys("cats")   
   search.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)        
   time.sleep(5)     
   driver.quit()
if __name__ == '__main__':    
startpy()

This program basically automates a simple google search.

First you need to import selenium webdriver for using any commands. The Keys module is imported for using the send_keys() function.

After downloading your corresponding driver — in this case chromedriver — you need to start the selenium webdriver.

# initialising webdriver
PATH = "/path/to/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)

The get() function is used to open the webpage. In this example we use google.

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

The find_element_by_name() command is used to find an element by its name.

The send_keys() function types content and hits Keys. In this example we use it to type “cats” and hit the enter key.

search.send_keys("cats")   
search.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

The output: