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BiDirectional API (W3C compliant)

The following list of APIs will be growing as the WebDriver BiDirectional Protocol grows and browser vendors implement the same. Additionally, Selenium will try to support real-world use cases that internally use a combination of W3C BiDi protocol APIs.

If there is additional functionality you’d like to see, please raise a feature request.

1 - Browsing Context

This section contains the APIs related to browsing context commands.

Open a new window

Creates a new browsing context in a new window.

Selenium v4.8

        BrowsingContext browsingContext = new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.WINDOW);
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Open a new tab

Creates a new browsing context in a new tab.

Selenium v4.8

        BrowsingContext browsingContext = new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.TAB);
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Use existing window handle

Creates a browsing context for the existing tab/window to run commands.

Selenium v4.8

        String id = driver.getWindowHandle();
        BrowsingContext browsingContext = new BrowsingContext(driver, id);
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Open a window with a reference browsing context

A reference browsing context is a top-level browsing context. The API allows to pass the reference browsing context, which is used to create a new window. The implementation is operating system specific.

Selenium v4.8

        BrowsingContext
                browsingContext =
                new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.WINDOW, driver.getWindowHandle());
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Open a tab with a reference browsing context

A reference browsing context is a top-level browsing context. The API allows to pass the reference browsing context, which is used to create a new tab. The implementation is operating system specific.

Selenium v4.8

        BrowsingContext
                browsingContext =
                new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.TAB, driver.getWindowHandle());
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Selenium v4.8

        BrowsingContext browsingContext = new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.TAB);

        NavigationResult info = browsingContext.navigate("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html");
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Selenium v4.8

        BrowsingContext browsingContext = new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.TAB);

        NavigationResult info = browsingContext.navigate("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html",
                ReadinessState.COMPLETE);
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Get browsing context tree

Provides a tree of all browsing contexts descending from the parent browsing context, including the parent browsing context.

Selenium v4.8

        String referenceContextId = driver.getWindowHandle();
        BrowsingContext parentWindow = new BrowsingContext(driver, referenceContextId);

        parentWindow.navigate("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/iframes.html", ReadinessState.COMPLETE);

        List<BrowsingContextInfo> contextInfoList = parentWindow.getTree();
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Get browsing context tree with depth

Provides a tree of all browsing contexts descending from the parent browsing context, including the parent browsing context upto the depth value passed.

Selenium v4.8

        String referenceContextId = driver.getWindowHandle();
        BrowsingContext parentWindow = new BrowsingContext(driver, referenceContextId);

        parentWindow.navigate("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/iframes.html", ReadinessState.COMPLETE);
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Get All Top level browsing contexts

Selenium v4.8

        BrowsingContext window1 = new BrowsingContext(driver, driver.getWindowHandle());
        BrowsingContext window2 = new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.WINDOW);

        List<BrowsingContextInfo> contextInfoList = window1.getTopLevelContexts();
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Close a tab/window

Selenium v4.8

        BrowsingContext window1 = new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.WINDOW);
        BrowsingContext window2 = new BrowsingContext(driver, WindowType.WINDOW);

        window2.close();
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2 - Log

This section contains the APIs related to logging.

Listen to console.log events

Listen to the console.log events and register callbacks to process the event.

Selenium v4.8

        try (LogInspector logInspector = new LogInspector(driver)) {
            CompletableFuture<ConsoleLogEntry> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
            logInspector.onConsoleEntry(future::complete);

            driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html");
            driver.findElement(By.id("consoleLog")).click();

            ConsoleLogEntry logEntry = future.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
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            const inspector = await LogInspector(driver)
            await inspector.onConsoleEntry(function (log) {
              logEntry = log
            })
    
            await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html')
            await driver.findElement({ id: 'consoleLog' }).click()
            
            assert.equal(logEntry.text, 'Hello, world!')
            assert.equal(logEntry.realm, null)
            assert.equal(logEntry.type, 'console')
            assert.equal(logEntry.level, 'info')
            assert.equal(logEntry.method, 'log')
            assert.equal(logEntry.stackTrace, null)
            assert.equal(logEntry.args.length, 1)
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Listen to JS Exceptions

Listen to the JS Exceptions and register callbacks to process the exception details.

        try (LogInspector logInspector = new LogInspector(driver)) {
            CompletableFuture<JavascriptLogEntry> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
            logInspector.onJavaScriptException(future::complete);

            driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html");
            driver.findElement(By.id("jsException")).click();

            JavascriptLogEntry logEntry = future.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
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        const inspector = await LogInspector(driver)
        await inspector.onJavascriptException(function (log) {
            logEntry = log
        })

        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html')
        await driver.findElement({ id: 'jsException' }).click()

        assert.equal(logEntry.text, 'Error: Not working')
        assert.equal(logEntry.type, 'javascript')
        assert.equal(logEntry.level, 'error')
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Listen to JS Logs

Listen to all JS logs at all levels and register callbacks to process the log.

Selenium v4.8

        try (LogInspector logInspector = new LogInspector(driver)) {
            CompletableFuture<JavascriptLogEntry> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
            logInspector.onJavaScriptLog(future::complete);

            driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/bidi/logEntryAdded.html");
            driver.findElement(By.id("jsException")).click();

            JavascriptLogEntry logEntry = future.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
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