Terminate, Upgrade and Downgrade the WebDrivers in Katalon Studio

What are Web Drivers?

Before directly jumping to the primary topic of this blog, we should know what WebDrivers are.

A WebDriver is an open-source tool used for the automated testing of web apps across multiple browsers. It brings features for navigating web pages, user input, JavaScript execution, etc. In the Katalon Studio, it is effortless to handle them. There are direct go-to options like Terminate, Update, etc.

Terminate, Upgrade and Downgrade the WebDrivers

Terminate the WebDrivers

It is very simple to terminate the WebDrivers. Go to the main toolbar. From there, you need to select Tools. After selecting Tools, Tools > Web >Terminate WebDrivers

After we successfully terminate the WebDrivers, the following message pops up on the screen:

Upgrade or Downgrade the WebDrivers

Update the WebDrivers

We can update the WebDrivers from the main toolbar itself. Go to Tools > Update WebDrivers.  

After successfully updating the WebDriver, the following message pops up on the screen.

We can use this command argument --config -webui.autoUpdateDrivers=true in the console to execute automatic WebDriver updates. 

Replace a Webdriver​​​

Furthermore, if we want to upgrade or downgrade the WebDrivers, you can replace WebDrivers manually.

1.Firstly, we need to find the version of the WebDriver with which we are running our test. Refer to the following links for the version of browser drivers:

• Chrome Drivers
• Gecko Drivers
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge

2.Then, we need to find the location of the WebDrivers we want to replace. WebDrive Binaries are stored here for Windows, MAC, and Linux users:-

WINDOWS USER:

• Chrome (Note that we can use both 32-bit Windows Chromedriver for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows)

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\chromedriver_win32

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\chromedriver_win64

• Firefox

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\firefox_win32

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\firefox_win64

• Internet Explorer

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\iedriver_win32

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\iedriver_win64

• Edge

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\edgedriver

• Edge (Chromium)

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\edgechromium_win32

<Katalon Studio folder>\configuration\resources\drivers\edgechromium_win64

MAC USERS

• Chrome

Include/drivers/chromedriver_mac64/chromedriver

• Firefox

Include/drivers/geckodriver_mac64/geckodriver

• Edge (Chromium)

Include/drivers/edgechromiumdriver_mac/msedgedriver

LINUX USERS

• Chrome

Include/drivers/chromedriver_linux32/chromedriver

Include/drivers/chromedriver_linux64/chromedriver

• Firefox

Include/drivers/geckodriver_linux32/geckodriver

Include/drivers/geckodriver_linux64/geckodriver

3.After discovering the location of the WebDriver, we replace the driver.exe file with the one we downloaded.

Use DriverFactory library​

We can handle the WebDriver instances with the help of Katalon Keywords offered by the DriverFactory library.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Scripting language is used in Katalon?

We use Groovy as a scripting language in Katalon.

Why is automated testing becoming popular?

Clients require fully tested projects, but manual testing of projects is very time-consuming. Hence, automated testing is becoming popular.

What is the DriverFactory library?

DriverFactory library is used to manipulate the WebDriver instance. It has some very useful methods, for example, changeWebDriverr() method.

Conclusion

We hope this blog helped you enhance your knowledge of WebDrivers and How to Terminate, Upgrade and Downgrade the WebDrivers in Katalon Studio. This blog explains the basics of Katalon Studio, followed by the WebDrivers and how to handle them (terminate, upgrade or downgrade) in Katalon Studio. 

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