What are the differences between driver.get and driver.navigate in selenium?
I have been assigned a task with the process of automation a web testing application by using the web driver of Selenium. However, I am confused between using the driver.get and driver.navigate to achieve my target. Can you provide me with the basic differences between both?
In the context of selenium, here are the differences given between driver.get vs driver.navigate:-
Driver.get
Functions:- It is mainly used in loading a new web page in the browser that you are using currently in the window.
Usage
From selenium import webdriver
Driver = webdriver.Chrome()
Driver.get(https://www.example.com)
Driver.navigateFunction:- It is also used in loading a new web page in the current browser however it allows navigation to URLs by using various methods such as ‘back’, ‘forward’, ‘refresh’ etc.
Usage
From selenium import webdriver
Driver = webdriver.Chrome()
Driver.navigate.to(https://www.example.com)
# Other navigation methods:
# driver.navigate.back()
# driver.navigate.forward()
# driver.navigate.refresh()
Here is the example given which shows to difference by applying both into a scenario:-
From selenium import webdriver
Driver = webdriver.Chrome()
# Using driver.get to load a page for the first time
Driver.get(https://www.example.com)
# Using driver.navigate for further navigation actions
Driver.navigate.to(https://www.another-example.com)
# Navigating back to the previous page
Driver.navigate.back()
# Navigating forward
Driver.navigate.forward()
# Refreshing the current page
Driver.navigate.refresh()This particular scenario-based example shows the difference between driver.get and driver.navigate in selenium.