Not able to open the URL using the driver.get method in Selenium after launching the Firefox browser?

Question

I am new to Selenium. I have written a simple script using Junit/Selenium that opens a browser, opens a URL and then quits the browser. But the script isn't working.

Although the browser is launched nothing happens after that. I read on-line that maybe I need to add the latest Selenium jar file in the package but that didn't help either!

package pack1;

import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class TC01 {


WebDriver driver;

@Before
public void launchBrowser(){

    driver = new FirefoxDriver();


    driver.manage().window().maximize();


    driver.get("http://www.gmail.com");
}

@Test
public void atTest(){

}

@After
public void quitBrowser(){
    driver.quit();
}

}

Answer 1

Try with this configuration: Firefox 47.1 or Firefox ESR 45.3.0

Firefox ESR download page

driver.navigate().to("http://sqa.stackexchange.com");

If you are using maven then try this at pom.xml

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
    <groupId>junit</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
    <version>4.12</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
        <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
        <version>2.53.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

If you want to check if all system variables are set properly.

GitHub | Ardesco/Selenium-Maven-Template

Answer 2

Just try this and give the feedback..

 package pack1;

 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class TC01 {


 WebDriver driver;

@Before
public void launchBrowser(){

 System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette","pathToGeckodriver");
   FirefoxDriver driver=new FirefoxDriver();


driver.manage().window().maximize();


driver.get("http://www.gmail.com");
 }

 @Test
 public void atTest(){

  }

  @After
  public void quitBrowser(){
  driver.quit();
  }

   }

Answer 3

1. Check the driver version of it is compatible with Firefox version you are using
2. Use system.set.property("marinotte", true)
3. Use profile function before calling the URL

Answer 4

Try this:

1. initialize driver in @before
2. and call driver.get() in @test