How to get browser name using Selenium WebDriver with Java?

Question

I have a test case and need to execute based on the browser name i.e. IE or Chrome. In this test case some part will depend on browser type.

How will I get the brows

Answer 1

To retrieve the Browser Name , Browser Version and Platform Name you can use either of the following approaches:

• Using the API directly:

  • Code Block:

    import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
    import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
    import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
    
    public class browserCapabilitiesRetrieve {
    
        public static void main(String[] args) {
    
            // initial configuration
            System.out.println("Browser Name is : "+((RemoteWebDriver) driver).getCapabilities().getBrowserName().toLowerCase());
            System.out.println("Browser Version is : "+((RemoteWebDriver) driver).getCapabilities().getVersion().toString());
            System.out.println("Platform Name is : "+((RemoteWebDriver) driver).getCapabilities().getPlatform().toString());
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
    

• Using the Capabilities object and getCapability() method:

  • Code Block:

    import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
    import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
    import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
    import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
    
    public class FirefoxBrowserCapabilitiesRetrieve_getCapability {
    
        public static void main(String[] args) {
    
            // initial configuration
            Capabilities cap = ((RemoteWebDriver) driver).getCapabilities();
            System.out.println("Browser Name is : "+cap.getBrowserName());
            System.out.println("Browser version is : "+cap.getVersion());           
            System.out.println("Platform is : "+cap.getPlatform().toString());
            driver.quit();
        }
    }