How to execute selenium script on open browser

Lets say we are working on a test script for a certain page (Ex: Email or Phone in Facebook application) in the application for that we can manually launch the browser and navigate to that page and then run the automation script. This is very useful for debugging the objects.

Below are the few steps to following for execute your scripts on open chrome browser.

  
           Find Where your chrome.exe file in your local desktop/laptop

        Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application

      Set the path in environment variable

            Open command prompt  and enter the below command

   chrome.exe -remote-debugging-port=9009 --user-data-dir=C:\ChromeProfile\Debug

-remote-debugging-port =9009 is the port .port number can be any number

–user-data-dir  : create your own profile directory and  assign the  path to

Ex:  C:\ChromeProfile\Debug

 Chrome browser will get launch once you run the above command from command prompt. Manually open the browser and enter the URL and navigate where you desired page.

Ex: https://www.facebook.com

     

Below is the script for enter phone no or email address on Find your account text box

public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

String driverPath="C:\\Ddrive\\TProgrames\\seleniumSoftware\\chromedriver_win32\\";

        System.out.println("launching chrome browser");

        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", driverPath+"chromedriver.exe");

        ChromeOptions options=new ChromeOptions();

        options.setExperimentalOption("debuggerAddress","LocalHost:9009");

         driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

        // give locator information here

         driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@id='identify_email']")).clear();

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@id='identify_email']")).sendKeys("abc@xyz.com");

}

Note: your chrome browser should be 66 and above