Opera and Safari webdriver configuration doesn't work properly on Windows

Question

I use Selenium WebDriver in Java and I need to configure Safari and Opera browsers. For Opera almost work properly but I need to set Binary

System.setProperty("webdriver.opera.driver", dirPath + "\\src\\test\\resources\\operadriver64.exe");
OperaOptions op = new OperaOptions();
op.setBinary(new File("D:\\Program Files\\Opera\\47.0.2631.55\\opera.exe"));
driver = new OperaDriver(op);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get(baseUrl);

Is it possible to skip line setBinary and still working?

Second question is about Safari web browser. I use this code:

System.setProperty("webdriver.safari.driver", dirPath + "\\src\\test\\resources\\SafariDriver.safariextz");
driver = new SafariDriver();

and occurs error org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: SafariDriver requires Safari 10 running on OSX El Capitan or greater. Is it possible to run tests on windows 7 using Safari?

Answer 1

Safari: Let's get this one out the way. Like fellow contributors already commented below your question, testing Safari on Windows will be an uphill battle since Apple basically dropped this configuration. Since you won't likely be able to run and test the latest Safari browser on Windows, you're just better off setting up a MacOS/Safari node in your Selenium grid and roll with that.

Opera: As far as I know, your code to set up the opera driver is perfectly correct and in compliance with what Selenium's API documentation actually requires. You do need an OperaOptions instance, a call to setBinary() and then use that instance as an argument in your OperaDriver constructor. See this link for proof:

http://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/opera/OperaOptions.html

As a confirmation, here's a code sample from my (Java) WebDriver factory for Opera. It's very much like yours, and like what Selenium's API documentation recommends:

case Opera:
    System.setProperty("webdriver.opera.driver", "C:\\Program Files\\Selenium\\Browser Drivers\\operadriver\\operadriver.exe");
    //System.setProperty("opera.binary", "C:\\Program Files\\Opera\\48.0.2685.32\\opera.exe");

    OperaOptions options = new OperaOptions();
    options.setBinary(new File("C:\\Program Files\\Opera\\48.0.2685.32\\opera.exe"));

    driver = new OperaDriver(options);
    break;

Also: Always make sure your Opera browser is compatible with the driver executable you're using.

Answer 2

With an earlier version of selenium 2.11 we had option OperaDriverSettings object to set opera binary path

OperaDriverSettings settings = new OperaDriverSettings();
settings.setOperaBinaryLocation("/path/to/opera");
WebDriver driver = new OperaDriver(settings);

Since around selenium 2.15, the OperaDriverSettings object doesn't exist..

another option is Setting OPERA_PATH as an environment variable but it is not working for me.

so i think when you open opera browser with selenium you must need to set binary path as follow

    System.setProperty("webdriver.opera.driver","path to opera driver.exe");
    OperaOptions options = new OperaOptions();
    options.setBinary(new File("path to opera binary"));
    OperaDriver driver = new OperaDriver(options);
    WebDriver webDriver = driver;
    driver.get("URL");

if you remove set binary code line you will get "org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot find Opera binary" error

Answer 3

Check selenoid framework. You don't need to show drivers for different browsers.