In this article, we will talk about how can we refresh browser using various methods.
Some time it is required to refresh the webpage to accomplish the testing objective. Let us see how this can be achieved.
Method1: Using navigate().refresh() method
Method2: Using JavaScriptExecutor
Method3: Using Actions Class
Mehtod4: Get the current URL & navigate using get() method
Method5: Get the current URL & navigate using navigate().to() method
Look at the below example –
package basicsOfSelenium;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;
public class RefreshBrowserInDiffWays {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.navigate().to("https://www.google.co.in");
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
// Method1: Using navigate().refresh() method
driver.navigate().refresh();
//Method2: Using JavaScriptExecutor
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
js.executeScript("history.go(0)");
//Method3: Using Actions Class
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
actions.keyDown(Keys.CONTROL).sendKeys(Keys.F5).perform();
//Mehtod4: Get the current URL & navigate using get() method
driver.get(driver.getCurrentUrl());
//Method5: Get the current URL & navigate using navigate().to() method
driver.navigate().to(driver.getCurrentUrl());
}
}
Hope this helps!!!!