Selenium web driver takes screenshot of initial stage page of webdriver server and not google page

Question

Using this code trying to take screenshot, but Selenium web driver takes screenshot of initial stage page of Webdriver server and not google page

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", ......"); driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(); driver.manage().window().maximize(); driver.get("http://www.google.com");

    File src= ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
    try {
    FileUtils.copyFile(src, new File("PATH"));
    System.out.println("Screenshot taken");
    }

    catch (IOException e)
     {
      System.out.println(e.getMessage());

     }

Could you please help to resolve this issue. Tried with adding thread.sleep also ut not working. Need screenshot of google home page using above code

Answer 1

I'm not sure how long you waited, but with your current code the screenshot is taken a split millisecond after starting the navigation.

You should wait for an element to be visible (e.g. the Google Search button) before taking a screenshot.

Answer 2

You haven't given the page enough time to load so you need to wait for it to load.

waiting can be tricky in selenium because its event based so you need to decide weather to use and implicit or explicit waits, this setting will effect the rest of your selenium calls so choose carefully. Using both will make waits unpredictably long in baffling ways.

This is fully discussed with examples in the selenium docs here. https://www.seleniumhq.org/docs/04_webdriver_advanced.jsp

implicit waits are better if you think there is a chance of your selenium driver going away (e.g. using a grid) and explicit waits can be more precise but will take the full timeout if the driver crashes.