Watir support for Edge browser

[ambikashri]

I am trying to run my script in Edge browser using watir and selenium grid 2.53.1 . On running the grid console shows that the edge browser has got allocated, but it doesnt run any of the test.

It throws the below error

"["[remote server] sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl():-2:in newInstance0'\", \"[remote server] sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl():-1:innewInstance'", "[remote server] sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl():-1:in newInstance'\", \"[remote server] java.lang.reflect.Constructor():-1:innewInstance'", "[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler(ErrorHandler.java):206:in createThrowable'\", \"[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler(ErrorHandler.java):158:inthrowIfResponseFailed'", "[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver(RemoteWebDriver.java):678:in execute'\", \"[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver(RemoteWebDriver.java):249:instartSession'", "[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver(RemoteWebDriver.java):131:in <init>'\", \"[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver(RemoteWebDriver.java):144:in'", "[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver(EdgeDriver.java):152:in <init>'\", \"[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver(EdgeDriver.java):120:in'", "[remote server] sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl():-2:in newInstance0'\", \"[remote server] sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl():-1:innewInstance'", "[remote server] sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl():-1:in newInstance'\", \"[remote server] java.lang.reflect.Constructor():-1:innewInstance'", "[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider(DefaultDriverProvider.java):103:in callConstructor'\", \"[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider(DefaultDriverProvider.java):97:innewInstance'", "[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverFactory(DefaultDriverFactory.java):60:in newInstance'\", \"[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator(DefaultSession.java):222:incall'", "[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator(DefaultSession.java):1:in call'\", \"[remote server] java.util.concurrent.FutureTask():-1:inrun'", "[remote server] org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$1(DefaultSession.java):176:in run'\", \"[remote server] java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor():-1:inrunWorker'", "[remote server] java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker():-1:in run'\", \"[remote server] java.lang.Thread():-1:inrun'", "C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:70:in assert_ok'\", \"C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:34:ininitialize'", "C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:78:in new'\", \"C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:78:increate_response'", "C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:90:in request'\", \"C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:59:incall'", "C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:649:in raw_execute'\", \"C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:123:increate_session'", "C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:87:in initialize'\", \"C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:59:innew'", "C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:59:in for'\", \"C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.53.1/lib/selenium/webdriver.rb:84:infor'", "C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/watir-webdriver-0.9.3/lib/watir-webdriver/browser.rb:46:in initialize'\", \"C:/Users/xyz/codes/ruby/lib/ci_utilities.rb:246:innew'", "C:/Users/xyz/codes/ruby/lib/ci_utilities.rb:246:in block in assign_browser'\", \"C:/Users/xyz/codes/ruby/lib/ci_utilities.rb:243:ineach'", "C:/Users/xyz/codes/ruby/lib/ci_utilities.rb:243:in assign_browser'\", \"C:/Users/xyz/codes/ruby/vdeck/registration/hosting_registration.rb:90:in

'"]"
"Unknown error (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)\nCommand duration or timeout: 7.06 seconds\nBuild info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 17:37:03'\nSystem info: host: 'CPU1157', ip: '10.0.1.14', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '1.8.0_31'\nDriver info: org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver (org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException)"

Currently I haven't mentioned any browser capabilities.

if opts['browser_selection'] =~ /edge/i
      p 'edge'
      browser_capabilities[:browserName] = 'MicrosoftEdge'
end

browser = Watir::Browser.new(:remote,
                   :url => "http://#{hub}:4444/wd/hub",
                  :desired_capabilities => browser_capabilities )`

Selenium hub and node are configured as below

REM Settings as a hub
start java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar -role hub -port 4444 -DPOOL_MAX=512

REM Setting as a node
start java -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=C:\seleniumgrid\chromedriver.exe -Dwebdriver.edge.driver=C:\seleniumgrid\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe -Dwebdriver.ie.driver=C:\seleniumgrid\IEDriverServer.exe -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar -role node -port 5556 -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register -browser browserName=MicrosoftEdge,platform=WINDOWS,maxInstances=2 -browserTimeout 500 -browser browserName="internet explorer",version=11,maxInstances=2,platform=WINDOWS -browser browserName=chrome,maxInstances=2,platform=WINDOWS -browser browserName=firefox,maxInstances=2,platform=WINDOWS -log C:\seleniumgrid\node1.log
`

Are there any specific capabilties which needs to be mentioned while running Edge browser with watir?

[titusfortner]

Watir works just fine with Edge.
Firstly, try the new Selenium 3.0 standalone server that was released today.

Also, I'm not sure where the variable browser_capabilities is coming from. I'm looking at options to make setting capabilities easier in Watir, but for now the recommended way is to do:

browser_capabilities = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.edge

[p0deje]

Closing this due to inactivity.

Please, reopen if still an issue.

[ambikashri]

I tried with selenium 3.0.1.jar. Edge browser seems to be going in the foreground, but fails to initiate on running the grd instance in background.

[p0deje]

Can you try to run do the same with pure Selenium and see if it fixes the issue?

[titusfortner]

@ambikashri - make sure you are using the latest versions of watir (6.1) and selenium-webdriver (3.0.5). There were some changes made recently that addressed some issues with Edge.

[ambikashri]

I tried with watir(6.0,2) and selenium-webdriver(3.0.1). Will try with selenium-webdriver(3.0.5) also and let you know.