xUnit Setup for Selenium WebDriver: A Complete Guide

Steps to Download Selenium WebDriver for Selenium xUnit

Before running your first script in xUnit, you need to download and set up Selenium WebDriver.

Selenium WebDriver for the xUnit project can be installed using the NuGet Package Manager (PM). NuGet is a free and open-source Package Manager (PM) designed for the Microsoft Platform.

Installation of the Selenium WebDriver can be done either using the Visual Studio IDE, and NuGet Package Manager (PM) Commands.

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Using Visual Studio IDE

For installing Selenium WebDriver using the Visual Studio IDE, perform the following steps:

• Go to Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Manage NuGet Packages for Solution and search for ‘Selenium.’

• Select Selenium.WebDriver from the search list and install the package by clicking the Install button.

• For automated browser testing using Selenium xUnit, we use Google Chrome as the test browser. We install the Chrome WebDriver so that Chrome can be instantiated using the Selenium APIs. Select Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver from the search list and click on the Install button.

• As seen in the implementation below, we added the Selenium (OpenQA.Selenium) and Chrome WebDriver (OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome) references in the code.

using System;
using Xunit;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
 
namespace XUnitTestProject1
{
    public class UnitTest1
    {
        [Fact]
        public void Test1()
        {
        }
    }
}

Using Package Manager (PM) Commands

If you are more comfortable with the terminal, you can install Selenium WebDriver by invoking the Package Manager (PM) commands on the terminal.

For executing commands from the PM console, go to Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console.

The Package Manager (PM) command Install-Package is used to perform the installation. Package Name is passed as an argument to the command. We also install the Selenium.Chrome.WebDriver from the terminal.

Install-Package Selenium.WebDriver
Install-Package Selenium.Chrome.WebDriver

Shown below is the snapshot of the Package Manager Console:

Get-Package command is used to verify whether the command installation is successful or not.

PM> Get-Package
 
Id                                  Versions
--                                  --------                                          
Selenium.WebDriver                  {3.141.0}
Selenium.Chrome.WebDriver           {89.0.4389.2300}
...... ......
...... ......

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