How to set Edge Capabilities for Edge browser in python selenium 3.141.0

Question

Hello,

I like to use set_capability function of Edge option to set below browser capabilities. Anyone knows how can I set below capabilities in Edge browser.

Disable-infobars: to prevent edge browser from displaying notifications
Inprivate: to open edge browser in private mode
start-maximized: to open edge browser in maximized mode
Headless: to open the edge browser in headless mode.
PageLoadStrategy: to set page load strategy to normal/eager/none.
Binary: to set binary path

I'm using edge browser (101.0.1210.39) and edge option from python selenium 3.141.0. So it don't have add_argument / add_experimental_option like functions.

I know in python selenium 4, we can do this:

So, similar to that I did this in selenium 3.141.0 but it didn't work

Let me know how to set options and arguments using set_capability function in python selenium 3 for Edge browser

Answer 1

Hi @A Pipaliya

You need to install Selenium Tools for Microsoft Edge if you want to use Selenium 3.141.0. Then you can still use add_argument to set the capabilities.

You can install Selenium Tools for Microsoft Edge using the command below:

pip install msedge-selenium-tools selenium==3.141  

Sample code:

from msedge.selenium_tools import Edge,EdgeOptions  
  
edge_options = EdgeOptions()  
edge_options.use_chromium = True  
edge_options.add_argument("start-maximized")  
edge_options.add_argument("inprivate")   
  
driver = Edge(executable_path = "your_own_path_to_the_webdriver\\msedgedriver.exe", options=edge_options)  
driver.get('https://www.google.com')  

In addition, I suggest that you use the latest version of Selenium which don't need Selenium Tools for Microsoft Edge. You can also see that Selenium Tools for Microsoft Edge is deprecated and the Selenium project no longer maintains Selenium 3.

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