New to Selenium - cannot access RemoteWebDriver error

[Ilyas Patel]

Hello

I'm new to Selenium and I have tried to setup my first Selenium test
using IntelliJ and Selenium 2. I have followed the tutorials on the
official Selenium site but I get this error:

cannot access org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver
class file for org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver not
found

This is the tutorial I am using - http://seleniumhq.org/docs/03_webdriver.html#chapter03-reference

This is the location for the Maven setup I followed -
http://seleniumhq.org/docs/appendix_installing_java_driver_Sel20_via_maven.html#importing-maven-into-intellij-reference


Here is the code:

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedCondition;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;


public class MyAppHomePageTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
}
}



The error occurs when I try to create a FirefoxDriver instance. Do I
need to have the Selenium server as I thought this is no longer
required.

I have tried the same in Eclipse and received the same error.

Thank you

[gulsha...@gmail.com]

Have you added the "selenium-server-standalone.jar" file to class path?

[Ilyas Patel]

I'm quite sure I have. In IntelliJ I have added it through Project
Structure -> Modules -> Dependencies tab.

The only thing I notice is the jar file is not appearing under the
External Libraries tree structure. There are a lot of dependencies
already here through Maven.

Thanks for responding

[Gulshan Saini]

Have you gone through this tutorial? http://seleniumhq.org/docs/appendix_installing_java_driver_client.html

I havent used IntelliJ. If you have started learning Selenium, I would suggest you to use ECLIPSE IDE instead of Intellij.

[aseem marwaha]

The link posted by you doesnt exist anymore. nevertheless, i am a beginner with Selenium and having this difficulty. was the issue from llyas resolved?

[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Aseem

You should start reading from here : http://www.seleniumhq.org/docs/03_webdriver.jsp

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[aseem marwaha]

Krishnan, 

That link was the first step I did. Finished the whole setup but I get the error message everytime I try to run the project. 

On Feb 3, 2017 3:59 AM, "⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝" <krishnan.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:

Aseem

You should start reading from here : http://www.seleniumhq.org/docs/03_webdriver.jsp

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 3:12 AM, aseem marwaha <funky...@gmail.com> wrote:

The link posted by you doesnt exist anymore. nevertheless, i am a beginner with Selenium and having this difficulty. was the issue from llyas resolved?

On Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:59:21 UTC+2, Gulshan Saini wrote:

Have you gone through this tutorial? http://seleniumhq.org/docs/appendix_installing_java_driver_client.html

I havent used IntelliJ. If you have started learning Selenium, I would suggest you to use ECLIPSE IDE instead of Intellij.

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[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Finished the whole setup but I get the error message everytime I try to run the project. 

What exactly is the error message you are getting ? You would need to share some details so that others can figure out what is going wrong with your setup

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 10:54 AM, aseem marwaha <funky...@gmail.com> wrote:

Krishnan, 

That link was the first step I did. Finished the whole setup but I get the error message everytime I try to run the project. 

On Feb 3, 2017 3:59 AM, "⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝" <krishnan.mahadevan1978@gmail.com> wrote:

Aseem

You should start reading from here : http://www.seleniumhq.org/docs/03_webdriver.jsp

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

"All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive, fattening or in love with someone else!"
My Scribblings @ http://wakened-cognition.blogspot.com/

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On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 3:12 AM, aseem marwaha <funky...@gmail.com> wrote:

The link posted by you doesnt exist anymore. nevertheless, i am a beginner with Selenium and having this difficulty. was the issue from llyas resolved?

On Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:59:21 UTC+2, Gulshan Saini wrote:

Have you gone through this tutorial? http://seleniumhq.org/docs/appendix_installing_java_driver_client.html

I havent used IntelliJ. If you have started learning Selenium, I would suggest you to use ECLIPSE IDE instead of Intellij.

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[aseem marwaha]

Hello Krishnan, 

On clicking run in Intellij for a Selenium project using java language i get this error message : 

Error:(14, 18) java: cannot access org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver

  class file for org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver not found

I have followed the steps as mentioned in the selenium documentation but to no success.

Regards,

Aseem Marwaha

On Friday, 3 February 2017 06:30:33 UTC+1, Krishnan wrote:

Finished the whole setup but I get the error message everytime I try to run the project. 

What exactly is the error message you are getting ? You would need to share some details so that others can figure out what is going wrong with your setup

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

"All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive, fattening or in love with someone else!"
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On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 10:54 AM, aseem marwaha <funky...@gmail.com> wrote:

Krishnan, 

That link was the first step I did. Finished the whole setup but I get the error message everytime I try to run the project. 

On Feb 3, 2017 3:59 AM, "⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝" <krishnan.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:

Aseem

You should start reading from here : http://www.seleniumhq.org/docs/03_webdriver.jsp

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

"All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive, fattening or in love with someone else!"
My Scribblings @ http://wakened-cognition.blogspot.com/

My Technical Scribbings @ http://rationaleemotions.wordpress.com/

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 3:12 AM, aseem marwaha <funky...@gmail.com> wrote:

The link posted by you doesnt exist anymore. nevertheless, i am a beginner with Selenium and having this difficulty. was the issue from llyas resolved?

On Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:59:21 UTC+2, Gulshan Saini wrote:

Have you gone through this tutorial? http://seleniumhq.org/docs/appendix_installing_java_driver_client.html

I havent used IntelliJ. If you have started learning Selenium, I would suggest you to use ECLIPSE IDE instead of Intellij.

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[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Am assuming you were using Maven. Can you please share your pom file's <dependencies> section ?

Thanks & Regards
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[aseem marwaha]

Hello Krishnan, 

Please find below the extract of dependencies section of my pom.xml:

<dependencies>

            <dependency>

                <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>

                <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>

                <version>3.0.1</version>

            </dependency>

   <dependency>

        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>

        <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>

        <version>3.0.1</version>

        </dependency>

    <dependency>

        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>

        <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>

        <version>2.52.0</version>

        </dependency>

<dependency>

        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>

        <artifactId>selenium-remote-driver</artifactId>

        <version>3.0.1</version>

        </dependency>

<dependency>

        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>

        <artifactId>selenium-ie-driver</artifactId>

        <version>3.0.1</version>

        </dependency>

        </dependencies>

Will that help to analyze the issue? Please let me know in case you need more input.

Best Regards,

Aseem Marwaha

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[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Aseem,

Your dependencies look fine. If you run 

mvn clean test

​

from the command line and if you don't see any compilation errors then it would mean that your CLASSPATH is setup fine, but IntelliJ may have gotten corrupted. You may have to remove off IntelliJ specific files and try again.

You can also try invalidating caches in IntelliJ as explained in this SO thread and see if that helps

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Hello Krishnan, 

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[aseem marwaha]

Hello Krishnan, 

Thanks for replying. I did what you mentioned but unfortunately that didn't help. Nevertheless, I tried one workaround by manually adding the following jars to External libraries :

1. selenium-remote-driver-3.0.1.jar, and

2. selenium-server-standalone-3.0.1.jar 

With that this issue was resolved but now have two other issues as follows; maybe you can help there:

1. on clicking run i can run a test only once and the next time i get the following error :

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new remote session. desired capabilities = Capabilities [{ensureCleanSession=true, browserName=internet explorer, version=, platform=WINDOWS}], required capabilities = Capabilities [{}]

Build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75', time: '2016-10-18 09:49:13 -0700'

2. this issue is resolved when i try to run the code in debug mode but then again it works only once.

Please note that i have kept the IE settings same across all security zones.

Thanks,

Aseem Marwaha

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[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Hard to debug.

I would recommend that you place a break-point in "org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake#createSession(org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient, java.lang.StringBuilder)" on this line 

String resultString = response.getContentString();

and check what you see for the string "resultString". That should tell you exactly why its failing.

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On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 4:45 AM, aseem marwaha <funky...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Krishnan, 

Thanks for replying. I did what you mentioned but unfortunately that didn't help. Nevertheless, I tried one workaround by manually adding the following jars to External libraries :

1. selenium-remote-driver-3.0.1.jar, and

2. selenium-server-standalone-3.0.1.jar 

With that this issue was resolved but now have two other issues as follows; maybe you can help there:

1. on clicking run i can run a test only once and the next time i get the following error :

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new remote session. desired capabilities = Capabilities [{ensureCleanSession=true, browserName=internet explorer, version=, platform=WINDOWS}], required capabilities = Capabilities [{}]

Build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75', time: '2016-10-18 09:49:13 -0700'

2. this issue is resolved when i try to run the code in debug mode but then again it works only once.

Please note that i have kept the IE settings same across all security zones.

Thanks,

Aseem Marwaha

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[aseem marwaha]

Hello Krishnan, 

This was perfect. The issue was the default zoom level in IE11 on windows 11 was set to 125%. even after doing registry settings it didnt work and had to force the "change the size of text, apps, and other items : 100%" in Display properties.

Thanks again for your time and support.

Best Regards,

Aseem Marwaha

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[⇜Krishnan Mahadevan⇝]

Aseem,

I have raised a pull request, which attempts at ensuring that the errors bubble up to the end-users.

Here's the pull request : https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/3602

Lets hope it gets merged :)

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 1:47 AM, aseem marwaha <funky...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Krishnan, 

This was perfect. The issue was the default zoom level in IE11 on windows 11 was set to 125%. even after doing registry settings it didnt work and had to force the "change the size of text, apps, and other items : 100%" in Display properties.

Thanks again for your time and support.

Best Regards,

Aseem Marwaha

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