How to set the timeout of 'driver.get' for python selenium 3.8.0?
In selenium tests, you open a webpage using
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("whateverpage.org.com")
How can I set the timeout of this command for selenium version 3.8.0 and python 2.7.12?
To set the time out
for Page Loading
you can induce the set_page_load_timeout(seconds)
.
set_page_load_timeout
Method Details
def set_page_load_timeout(self, time_to_wait):
"""
Set the amount of time to wait for a page load to complete
before throwing an error.
Args
time_to_wait: The amount of time to wait
Usage
driver.set_page_load_timeout(3)
Example
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.set_page_load_timeout(2)
try :
driver.get("https://www.booking.com/hotel/in/the-taj-mahal-palace-tower.html?label=gen173nr-1FCAEoggJCAlhYSDNiBW5vcmVmaGyIAQGYATG4AQbIAQzYAQHoAQH4AQKSAgF5qAID;sid=338ad58d8e83c71e6aa78c67a2996616;dest_id=-2092174;dest_type=city;dist=0;group_adults=2;hip_dst=1;hpos=1;room1=A%2CA;sb_price_type=total;srfid=ccd41231d2f37b82d695970f081412152a59586aX1;srpvid=c71751e539ea01ce;type=total;ucfs=1&#hotelTmpl")
print("URL successfully Accessed")
driver.quit()
except TimeoutException as e:
print("Page load Timeout Occurred. Quitting !!!")
driver.quit()
Console Output
Page load Timeout Occurred. Quitting !!!
Documentation
You can find a detailed discussion on pageLoadTimeout
here pageLoadTimeout in Selenium not working
Deep Dive
As per Python 3.x
if we don't handle the exception the following log messages are observed :
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: timeout
(Session info: chrome=62.0.3202.94)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.33.506120 (e3e53437346286c0bc2d2dc9aa4915ba81d9023f),platform=Windows NT 6.2.9200 x86_64)