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Asked: 2026-06-08T21:48:05+00:00

I am working with Selenium 2 WebDriver. Instead of UnitTest project, i initiate it

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I am working with Selenium 2 WebDriver. Instead of UnitTest project, i initiate it from website because of following reasons:

  1. It should automatically run every 24 hours. I have written some scheduling code using System.Threading.
  2. Provide some UI to customer to run it intermediately when they require.
  3. At every run an email would be sent as a part of test result.

My target site is: http://www.vroomvroomvroom.com.au

I have created a Class which has all the Selenium Code. I call that Class using System.Threading upon page load of default.aspx.

It works fine when i run default.aspx from visual studio by pressing F5 OR Ctrl+F5 i.e. with Visual Studio development server e.g. http://localhost:3251/default.aspx.

But, when i try to run it directly from IIS, with default port (80) e.g. http://localhost/seleniumTest/default.aspx, then it fails with following observation/error:

  1. It runs the Selenium code to an extend, but doesn’t show the broswer.
  2. It fails after some steps with No response from server for url http://localhost:7094/hub/session/4bbe4b0c-aeee-4fa3-8bc0-aae47c6869af/element

It is possible what i am trying to achieve.

FYI: Let me know if further details are required.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I have managed to find the solution myself.

    Basically, RemoteWebDriver has to be used instead of FirefoxDriver.
    Steps:

    1. Change the initialization of FirefoxDriver to RemoteWebDriver as:

    Change from

    IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

    To

    DesiredCapabilities capability = DesiredCapabilities.Firefox();
Uri url = new Uri("http://REMOTE_IP:4545/wd/hub");
IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(url, capability);

    2. Download Selenium Standalone server and initiate it via command prompt using ~

    java -jar E:\Software\selenium-server-standalone-2.24.1.jar -interactive -port 4545

    This approach has 2 benefits:

    1. One could use the local IIS for running the test.

    2. Test could be run remotely. Refer Selenium RC documentation. One could see the screenshots remotely using

      REMOTE_IP:4545/wd/hub/static/resource/hub.html

    I am thinking to modify the code of hub.html and client.js file used within it to provide a better Remote feel.

    I hope this can be useful for others as well.

    FYI:

    1. IP address REMOTE_IP could be changed to any realtime IP address OR localhost. Use the above mentioned port while initiating the page request.
    2. Start/Stop code of Standalone Server could be fitted inside the test, so that it is automatically started/stopped via batch file.
    3. Keep the server running by not closing the command prompt.
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