First Selenium Script in Python: Open Google and Search

✅ Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed:

Python (≥ 3.6)

selenium library

Chrome browser

ChromeDriver (match version with your Chrome)

You can install Selenium using:

bash

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pip install selenium

🧪 Script: Open Google and Search

python

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from selenium import webdriver

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

import time

# Set up the driver (Make sure chromedriver is in your PATH or provide executable_path)

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Open Google

driver.get("https://www.google.com")

# Wait a little for the page to load

time.sleep(2)

# Find the search box

search_box = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "q")

# Type the search query

search_box.send_keys("Selenium with Python")

# Press Enter

search_box.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

# Wait a few seconds to see results

time.sleep(3)

# Optional: Close the browser

driver.quit()

📝 Notes:

If you face issues with ChromeDriver, make sure it matches your installed Chrome version.

For better stability and performance, consider using WebDriverWait instead of time.sleep() for real projects.

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