Curl Webdriver Example

curlwebdriver.sh

# jq is a dependency and ChromeDriver needs to be running

# Create a headless Chrome session and save the sessionId to variable SID
SID=$(curl -X POST -d '{"desiredCapabilities":{"browserName":"chrome","chromeOptions":{"args":["--headless"]}}}' http://localhost:9515/session | jq -r '.sessionId')
echo "Session ID: $SID"
# Point session to a webpage
curl -X POST -d '{"url":"http://localhost:8080"}' "http://localhost:9515/session/$SID/url"
# Fetch an element using the xpath selector and save the elementId to ELEM
ELEM=$(curl -X POST -d '{"using": "xpath", "value": "//a[contains(.,'"'"'CSV format (.csv)'"'"')]"}' "http://localhost:9515/session/$SID/elements" | jq -r '.value[0].ELEMENT')
# Get the href attribute
curl "http://localhost:9515/session/$SID/element/$ELEM/attribute/href" | jq -r '.value'