Selenium IDE Chrome Extension

[Jason Morneau-Peate]

Has the Selenium IDE Chrome extension been deprecated? Is it not updated anymore?

Thank you,

[Andrea Bentley]

I'm puzzled why this question was not answered? The link on the downloads page https://www.selenium.dev/downloads/ for "latest released version of Selenium IDE for Chrome" takes me to: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/Selenium%20IDE/mooikfkahbdckldjjndioackbalphokd where the "Add to Chrome" button is disabled and has the message, "This extension may soon no longer be supported because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions."

Is Chrome no longer supported?

[ddlionx]

it's because Selenium IDE is becoming a standalone electron app. u can see the beta builds here: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide/releases 

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[Andrea Bentley]

Thank you for the explanation. It's still puzzling that there is no interim solution. I'm not sure that my company will approve a product that is in Beta.

[ddlionx]

What’s the concern? SIDE files can be used in Selenium IDE extension and the electron app. The extension itself is still fine to use. I’m not sure what specifically you need help with here? 

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[Andrea Bentley]

I am new to Selenium. I have just installed WebDriver for the first time. But I cannot install Selenium IDE Chrome extension: 

And I work for a large company where I am not allowed to install anything without approval, and I'm concerned that a product in Beta may not be approved. Does that explain my concern?

[ddlionx]

Well, Selenium IDE is just a tool that helps you record what you do in a browser and then play it back. But you can also use Selenium without the IDE by writing your own code. There are bindings for lots of (most?) popular languages that make it easier to use Selenium with them. Many people prefer writing code with these tools instead of just using the record-and-playback feature because it gives them more control.

It sounds like you have three choices:

1. Use Selenium without the IDE and write your own code.
2. Use a browser extension if it’s easier (the warnings are just that, they don't block anything).
3. Try using the Electron app and see if that works for you.

I'm not sure what else might help, but just so you know, Selenium is a free tool, and it comes "as is," meaning there’s no official support or guarantee—it’s up to users to figure things out. I also work at a large company and operate successfully.

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[Andrea Bentley]

• Yes, I do appreciate that it's a free tool, and you get what you pay for.
  
  
• Yes, I plan to just write my own code, but the IDE would have been a "nice to have."
  
  
• No, I can NOT use the Selenium IDE browser extension - I am new, so I never installed it, and the "Add to Chrome" button is disabled, as shown in my screenshot above.
  
  
• That's great for you that your large company does not mind when you use new apps, but mine has a lot tighter security. Any app that I want to install that is not already on the "approved" list has to go through a full evaluation process, and they are pretty strict. Just because you "operate successfully" at your company is no reason to assume things will go as smoothly at my company.
  
  
• I was not asking for solutions, but I do appreciate you offering them. I initially expressed puzzlement that nobody had responded to the OP's question. And then I expressed puzzlement over the browser extension being discontinued before a replacement was in production. But again - it's a free tool, so that's the way things work sometimes. With how popular and widely-used Selenium is, I was just surprised.