How do I use relative paths with the webdriver.Navigate().GotoUrl()?

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driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("/") sets the location to "/" instead of "http://www.domain.com/"

another example would be

driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("/view1") sets the location to "/view1" instead of "http://www.domain.com/view1"

Either example would cause the browser to return with address isn't valid.

testing routes. a relative path from the root is shorter than localhost/whatever and its less to type too. I've made the root itself a global constant, but its still a pain. — ton.yeung, May 16 '13 at 00:12

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 21 '16 at 17:35

you can use a Java URI to calculate a path relative to the current uri or domain:

import java.net.URI;

driver.get("http://example.org/one/");

// http://example.org/one/two/
driver.get(new URI(driver.getCurrentUrl()).resolve("two/").toString());

// http://example.org/one/two/three/?x=1
driver.get(new URI(driver.getCurrentUrl()).resolve("three/?x=1").toString());

// http://example.org/one/two/three/four/?y=2
driver.get(new URI(driver.getCurrentUrl()).resolve("./four/?y=2").toString());

// http://example.org/one/two/three/five/
driver.get(new URI(driver.getCurrentUrl()).resolve("../five/").toString());

// http://example.org/six
driver.get(new URI(driver.getCurrentUrl()).resolve("/six").toString());

If you're able to calculate the url without using getCurrentUrl(), it might make your code more readable.

Michael Nakayama · Answer 2 · 2017-09-20T18:38:11.480

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The solution now is to use:

driver.Navigate().GoToRelativePath("/view1");

and you will be navigated within the same domain.

UPDATE: This was valid in Selenium WebDriver 2.42 but does not seem to be listed in 3.1 the solution would be

driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(baseUrl + "/view1")

edited Sep 20 '17 at 18:38

answered Jan 25 '16 at 23:33

Michael Nakayama

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 13:50

This is probably the shortest way to navigate to a specific url when they all have the same domain:

private String baseUrl = "http://www.domain.com/";

[...]

driver.get(baseUrl + "url");

driver.get(String url) is equivalent to driver.navigate().to(String url).

How do I use relative paths with the webdriver.Navigate().GotoUrl()?

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