Selenium with java issue using webdriver.firefox.marionette

Question

package main_files;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class main_downloader {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette", "C:\\Users\\ahmed\\Desktop\\JavaPackage\\packages\\webdriver\\geckodriver.exe");
        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.wait(1);
        driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
        driver.quit();
    }
}

idk why, but for some reason this not working !, when I try to run it it just opens a Firefox window and do nothing !, even the search bar "which is supposed to recognize that I'm using a bot and change it's theme" is not doing that, could anyone tell me what's the exact problem please?!, Thx

Answer 1

The current implementation of Selenium no more uses the key webdriver.firefox.marionette and instead of that you need to use webdriver.gecko.driver. Effectively, you need to replace the line:

System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette", "C:\\Users\\ahmed\\Desktop\\JavaPackage\\packages\\webdriver\\geckodriver.exe");

with:

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Users\\ahmed\\Desktop\\JavaPackage\\packages\\webdriver\\geckodriver.exe");

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References

You can find a couple of relevent detailed discussions in:

• UnreachableBrowserException Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException when “webdriver.firefox.marionette” is used
• Difference between webdriver.firefox.marionette & webdriver.gecko.driver