Chromedriver problem

m.woehlte · July 8, 2019, 5:48am

Hello,

I am using Katalon Studio Version 6.2.0. I was facing the problem, that the waitForXXX methods do not work to execute click events afterwards. I realized that the chromedriver was version 74 and read that problems regarding waitForxxxx functions should have been solved by version 76+ of chrome driver. I downloaded it but got the result as described here: Problem with chrome when opening browser

Message: Unable to open browser with url: ‘’

I read that the problem was intended to be solved in version v6.1.6

What do I have to do right now to get the chromedriver running?

Brandon_Hein · July 8, 2019, 2:37pm

Aside from downloading a different driver version, you can try using selenium to perform the wait instead:

new WebDriverWait(DriverFactory.getWebDriver(), 30).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(…));

Check the source for WebDriverWait and ExpectedConditions for usage.

m.woehlte · July 10, 2019, 8:07am

Thank you so far, but it does not work. This is the code until the line where it crashed.

import static com.kms.katalon.core.checkpoint.CheckpointFactory.findCheckpoint
import static com.kms.katalon.core.testcase.TestCaseFactory.findTestCase
import static com.kms.katalon.core.testdata.TestDataFactory.findTestData
import static com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.findTestObject
import com.kms.katalon.core.checkpoint.Checkpoint as Checkpoint
import com.kms.katalon.core.cucumber.keyword.CucumberBuiltinKeywords as CucumberKW
import com.kms.katalon.core.mobile.keyword.MobileBuiltInKeywords as Mobile
import com.kms.katalon.core.model.FailureHandling as FailureHandling
import com.kms.katalon.core.testcase.TestCase as TestCase
import com.kms.katalon.core.testdata.TestData as TestData
import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject as TestObject
import com.kms.katalon.core.webservice.keyword.WSBuiltInKeywords as WS
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI
import internal.GlobalVariable as GlobalVariable
//Selenium imports
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

//WebUI.openBrowser(‘https://sharepoint-dev.esg.corp/SitePages/SPFxTeamCalendar.aspx’)
WebUI.openBrowser(‘’)

WebUI.authenticate(‘https://sharepoint-dev.esg.corp/SitePages/SPFxTeamCalendar.aspx’, ‘user’, ‘password’,
10, FailureHandling.STOP_ON_FAILURE)

WebUI.maximizeWindow()

WebUI.navigateToUrl(‘https://sharepoint-dev.esg.corp/SitePages/SPFxTeamCalendar.aspx#’)

//This line creates an exception
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(DriverFactory.getWebDriver(), 30);

//This is how I would like to proceed
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(findTestObject(‘Object Repository/Teamkalender/i_settings’)));

2019-07-10 10:06:12.674 ERROR c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor - Test Cases/Kategorie Aufgaben Farbe aendern FAILED.
Reason:
groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: DriverFactory for class: Script1562307588620
at Kategorie Aufgaben Farbe aendern.run(Kategorie Aufgaben Farbe aendern:33)

HeleneB · July 10, 2019, 8:11am

Hi,
Press Ctrl + Shift + O to organise imports. You’re missing the import for the DriverFactory

m.woehlte · July 10, 2019, 8:27am

Thank you! You are very supportive Great but new problem occured.

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(DriverFactory.getWebDriver(), 30);

//This line crashes
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(findTestObject(‘Object Repository/Teamkalender/i_settings’)));

groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: static org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf() is applicable for argument types: (com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject) values: [TestObject - ‘Object Repository/Teamkalender/i_settings’]
Possible solutions: visibilityOf(org.openqa.selenium.WebElement), invisibilityOf(org.openqa.selenium.WebElement)

Sorry it is my second week with Katalon Studio, so I’m newbee

Seems to be a different kind of WebElement but how can I fix it??

m.woehlte · July 10, 2019, 8:29am

And this did not work:
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverFactory;
since DriverFactory.getWebDriver() was not found

So I used this one
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory;

HeleneB · July 10, 2019, 9:02am

You use a TestObject as parameter but visibilityOf method need a WebElement parameter.

Try

TestObject to = findTestObject('Object Repository/Teamkalender/i_settings')
WebElement we = WebUiCommonHelper.findWebElement(to, 30)
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(we))

And press again Ctrl + Shift + O for the imports

m.woehlte · July 10, 2019, 9:29am

It works now. Thank you very much for the support and for the solution.

m.woehlte · July 10, 2019, 12:49pm

Nope, it does only work like at first glance. Test Cases are running pretty well. When I add them 15 times into a test suit collection, then it fails 4 times of 15 runs. I used

ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf and as the next line

ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable

Object could not be found. As I wrote in my very first post I know that the chromedriver in version 75+ comes with a bugfix for exactly my fails.

We would like to integrate it into teamcity so that after build the test cases can run automatically.

How should I proceed further?

brithwulf · July 18, 2019, 11:10am

Hello @HeleneB,
I am having problem since May, I can’t use Keyword WebUI.openBrowser(). It says: Unable to open browser with url: … .

Unable to open browser with url: 'https://www.google.com' (Root cause: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: Unable to open browser with url: 'https://www.google.com'
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.stepFailed(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:64)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.runKeyword(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:26)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.OpenBrowserKeyword.openBrowser(OpenBrowserKeyword.groovy:81)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.OpenBrowserKeyword.execute(OpenBrowserKeyword.groovy:67)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:56)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords.openBrowser(WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy:60)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords$openBrowser.call(Unknown Source)
	at 123.run(123:44)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.run(ScriptEngine.java:194)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.runScriptAsRawText(ScriptEngine.java:119)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.runScript(TestCaseExecutor.java:337)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.doExecute(TestCaseExecutor.java:328)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.processExecutionPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:307)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.accessMainPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:299)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:233)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:114)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:105)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0.call(Unknown Source)
	at TempTestCase1563439819649.run(TempTestCase1563439819649.groovy:21)
Caused by: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: No driver is set for execution.
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory.startNewBrowser(DriverFactory.java:216)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory.openWebDriver(DriverFactory.java:191)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.OpenBrowserKeyword$_openBrowser_closure1.doCall(OpenBrowserKeyword.groovy:74)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.OpenBrowserKeyword$_openBrowser_closure1.call(OpenBrowserKeyword.groovy)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.runKeyword(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:20)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.OpenBrowserKeyword.openBrowser(OpenBrowserKeyword.groovy:81)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.OpenBrowserKeyword.execute(OpenBrowserKeyword.groovy:67)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:56)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords.openBrowser(WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy:60)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords$openBrowser.call(Unknown Source)
	at Script1559052175381.run(Script1559052175381.groovy:44)
	... 11 more
)

But if I write manually using webdriver, it works.

System.setProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver', 'C:\\PATH\\chromedriver_win32\\chromedriver.exe')

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver()

DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver)

driver.get('https://www.google.com')

Also it gives me some error: Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited normally

(unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
  (The process started from chrome location C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)

HeleneB · July 18, 2019, 11:30am

See Unable to open browser with url: '' ... No driver is set for execution

brithwulf · July 18, 2019, 11:57am

Also, I have a problem with spy web action, I’ve latest version of chrome browser v75.

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Chromedriver problem

//This line crashes wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(findTestObject(‘Object Repository/Teamkalender/i_settings’)));

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//This line crashes
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(findTestObject(‘Object Repository/Teamkalender/i_settings’)));