getting stuck at driver.get("http://www.google.com")

[Dan Sayo]

Hi,

 

I'm a newbie on Selenium. I was trying out the python code to open Firefox and go to the google home page, but after Firefox opens, it just freezes for a couple of minutes, and then disappears ( probably going driver.quit()? ).

The code I used from this link:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait # available since 2.4.0
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC # available since 2.26.0

# Create a new instance of the Firefox driver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()

# go to the google home page
driver.get("http://www.google.com")

# the page is ajaxy so the title is originally this:
print driver.title

# find the element that's name attribute is q (the google search box)
inputElement = driver.find_element_by_name("q")

# type in the search
inputElement.send_keys("cheese!")

# submit the form (although google automatically searches now without submitting)
inputElement.submit()

try:
    # we have to wait for the page to refresh, the last thing that seems to be updated is the title
    WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.title_contains("cheese!"))

    # You should see "cheese! - Google Search"
    print driver.title

finally:
    driver.quit()

 

My environment details:

• Windows 7 64-bit
• Python v 2.7.12
• Selenium v 2.53.6
• Firefox 48.0.2

 I attach the Firefox browser console, and the command prompt outputs.

Thanks!

Dan

[Doug Dragon]

Hi Dan,

From the console screenshot, looks like the Firefox application is looking for a profile at c:\users\dsayo\appdata\local\temp\tmp0ykxuu. Check out the Firefox profile manage info page to see if Firefox is expecting a profile for whatever reason.

-Doug