How to run ghostdriver with Selenium using java

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I want to use phantomJS for some web testing, and I've come across GhostDriver (https://github.com/detro/ghostdriver). I've built it using the instructions in the readme and I can run it on a specified port, but I am not sure how to access the web driver from my java code. To clarify, I've seen this example in ruby:

  caps = {
  :browserName => "phantomjs",
  :platform => "LINUX"
   }

urlhub = "http://key:[email protected]:4444/wd/hub"

client = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Http::Default.new
client.timeout = 120

@webdriver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :remote, :url => urlhub, :desired_capabilities => caps, :http_client => client
@webdriver.navigate.to "http://www.google.com/"
puts @webdriver.title
@webdriver.save_screenshot("./screenshot.png")
@webdriver.quit

I'm just not sure how to do the same from java.

user650309 · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-04 10:44:22Z

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Just to clarify for others who might see this, to run it from java:

DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
caps.setCapability(PhantomJSDriverService.PHANTOMJS_EXECUTABLE_PATH_PROPERTY,
                "/Path/to/bin/phantomjs");                  
driver = new PhantomJSDriver(caps);

Then it can be used like a usual WebDriver.

answered Jan 4, 2013 at 10:44

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devsda Over a year ago

What this means "/Path/to/bin/phantomjs", I didn't understand, please explain.

user650309 Over a year ago

Just use the file path to the phantomJS binary.

P A S T R Y Over a year ago

I run the whole program in Spring MVC and I got

SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [spring] in context with path [/my_spring_app] threw exception [Handler processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/common/base/Function] with root cause

. Do you know how to solve this?

Joe Coder Over a year ago

@PASTRY you need to add Google Guava to the classpath. It's a runtime dependency of selenium-java.

Fred Porciúncula Over a year ago

No need to pass the PhantomJS executable path if you add it to the system path.

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walton · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-22 02:32:36Z

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I believe this link will answer your questions. You will need Selenium 2.28.0, and PhantomJS 1.8. I have tested this, and it works as advertised, although my tests were precursory. Note that you need to download the Selenium zip file to get the jar which contains the bindings. The Maven repo does not yet include it.

http://ivandemarino.me/2012/12/04/Finally-GhostDriver-1-0-0/

edited Feb 22, 2014 at 2:32

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answered Jan 4, 2013 at 0:08

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user650309 Over a year ago

Yep got it working now. It wasn't clear that you needed selenium 2.28. Thanks!

Vishal Biradar Over a year ago

The link does not exist now.

ER.swatantra · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-21 09:37:21Z

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First download the exe file of the PhantomJSDriver. Don't need to install, only download this file from http://phantomjs.org/download.html and simply give the path of the exe file in the given code.

 public class Browserlaunch {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DesiredCapabilities DesireCaps = new DesiredCapabilities();
        DesireCaps.setCapability(PhantomJSDriverService.PHANTOMJS_EXECUTABLE_PATH_PROPERTY, "C:/Drivers/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs.exe");
        WebDriver driver=new PhantomJSDriver(DesireCaps);
        driver.get("http://google.com");

   }
}

answered Feb 21, 2015 at 9:37

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atiruz · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-02 14:28:49Z

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Only set system property:

System.setProperty("phantomjs.binary.path", "lib/phantomjs.exe");
WebDriver driver = new PhantomJSDriver();

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