Drivers
As described in the Automation Pipeline document, a driver must be present on the same machine as the browser you are automating.
We recommend using the webdrivers gem to automatically ensure that the latest driver is downloaded, and placed in a location where Selenium can access it.
If you want to set things manually, you can download the drivers for the browser of your choice:
- Google Chrome: chromedriver
- Mozilla Firefox: geckodriver
- Microsoft Edge: Microsoft WebDriver
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: IEDriver
- Apple Safari: safaridriver (no download needed, it’s pre-installed if you have Safari 10)
For all browsers except for Safari, you then need to add the path to your driver to the PATH Environment Variable. This can be especially tricky in Windows.
Alternately, you can avoid dealing with drivers entirely and use an online service provider to manage everything for you.