Getting the URL of the current page using Selenium WebDriver

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Karen picture Karen · Jul 18, 2012 · Viewed 168.5k times · Source

I'm attempting to get the URL of the currently open page. I am using Selenium WebDriver and Java.

I am accessing the current URL via:

WebDriver driver = new WebDriver();
String url = driver.getCurrentUrl();

however, the URL does not appear to actually reflect where I currently am.

My current test case involves going to the NYT website and then clicking on the "Technology" link. However, url appears to always be http://www.nytimes.com/, regardless of the URL that is displayed in the address bar.

How do I actually access the value of the URL that's in the address bar so I can tell what page I'm actually on?

Answer

Avihai Marchiano picture Avihai Marchiano · Jul 18, 2012

Put sleep. It will work. I have tried. The reason is that the page wasn't loaded yet. Check this question to know how to wait for load - Wait for page load in Selenium

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