Opening URLs (driver.get) in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a web browser and navigates to a specific URL using Selenium WebDriver's driver.get() method. It verifies that the page title matches the expected title to confirm successful navigation.

Test Code - JUnit 5 with Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Java

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class OpenUrlTest {
    private WebDriver driver;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {
        // Assuming chromedriver is set in system PATH
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
    }

    @Test
    public void testOpenUrl() {
        driver.get("https://example.com");
        String title = driver.getTitle();
        assertEquals("Example Domain", title);
    }

    @AfterEach
    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Execution Trace - 4 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and ChromeDriver instance is created	Chrome browser window opens, blank page	-	PASS
2	driver.get("https://example.com") is called to open the URL	Browser navigates to https://example.com, page loads	-	PASS
3	driver.getTitle() retrieves the page title	Page title is 'Example Domain'	assertEquals("Example Domain", title) verifies the title matches expected	PASS
4	driver.quit() is called to close the browser	Browser window closes	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: The URL is incorrect or the page title does not match 'Example Domain'

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What does the method driver.get() do in this test?

A It opens the browser and navigates to the specified URL

B It closes the browser window

C It retrieves the page title

D It asserts the page title matches expected

Key Result

Always verify that the page has loaded by checking a reliable element like the page title after using driver.get() to open a URL.