Purpose

Drive WebDriver with python. Do as much as you can start Edge.

Environment

Work in an environment where the python installation is complete. When I checked the version, it was the following version. Python 3.8.0

selenium import

Execute the following command. If necessary, run it on the command line with administrator privileges.

pip install selenium

Run by python

Check the operation to see if selenium could be imported.

Script creation

Create a script.

`webdriver_sample.py`


from selenium import webdriver

#Get Edge Driver
driver = webdriver.Edge()
#Transition to the specified URL
driver.get("https://www.google.co.jp")

Run

Let's run the script.

python .\webdriver_sample.py

Since it is before the environment is built, an error will occur.

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'MicrosoftWebDriver.exe' executable needs to be in PATH. Please download from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=619687

I heard that the path to WebDriver does not pass, but I have not installed it yet, so it is as expected.

Install Edge Driver

Install Edge Driver.

Check Edge

Check in Settings → General. My Edge was the following version. Microsoft EdgeHTML 18.18362

Check the setting method at the following URL. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=619687

Since 18 it is built into Windows 10 and seems to be automatically updated. It seems that you can use it by enabling [Developer Mode].

Developer Mode Settings

Change the settings with administrator privileges. Settings → Updates and Security → For Developers Sets the radio button for developer mode.

Run by python

Confirm that WebDriver has been set.

Run in python

Let's run the script.

python .\webdriver_sample.py

This time I started the browser.

About [Developer Mode]

Once you have installed WebDriver, you can restore it from [Developer Mode] without any problem.