How to get the WebDriver version during test run

Question

I am currently writing on a test framework where the report should include the WebDriver version of the test run. 

While using Selenium, there is this getEval("Selenium.version") method but I find no way to read the version when using the WebDriver. 

Can anyone help me with the solution?

Answer 1

Hi friend,

It is possible by reading the VERSION.txt properties file

final Properties p = new Properties();
p.load(getSeleniumResourceAsStream("/VERSION.txt"));
String rcVersion = p.getProperty("selenium.rc.version");
String rcRevision = p.getProperty("selenium.rc.revision");
String coreVersion = p.getProperty("selenium.core.version");
String coreRevision = p.getProperty("selenium.core.revision");
BuildInfo info = new BuildInfo();
String versionString = String.format("v%s%s, with Core v%s%s. Built from revision %s",
    rcVersion, rcRevision, coreVersion, coreRevision, info.getBuildRevision());

Note that it requires a static import:

import static org.openqa.selenium.browserlaunchers.LauncherUtils.getSeleniumResourceAsStream;

Hope this helps