WEB102 Prework Selenium Script

The purpose of this script is to query databases for WEB102 project to prevent them from being paused due to inactivity.

Dependencies

• An up-to-date verison of Java installed on your machine, which is a dependency for Selenium
• selenium-webdriver v4.7.0 or higher, which starts the browser and connects to the website
• webdriver-manager v12.1.8 or higher, which automatically configures the path to the browser driver

Install these on your machine using these commands:

npm install selenium-webdriver
npm install -g webdriver-manager

Executing the Script

Once you have installed the dependencies, navigate to the project root directory and start the webdriver manager:

webdriver-manager start

Then, in a separate shell, run the script:

node script.js

Updating the Script

The script will need minor customizations as new sites are added, depending on the nature of each site. Simply loading the first page of a site may be sufficient if the page queries the database on load.

• Selenium Docs: Write your first script
• Selenium Docs: Interacting with web elements