Script to test opening new tab with selenium RemoteWebDriver

selenium_new_tab.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
import os
import time
import tempfile

import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

from pprint import pprint

FF_VERSION = os.environ.get("FF_VERSION", None)
if not FF_VERSION:
    sys.exit('Error: FF_VERSION shell variable not specified')

fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference('webdriver.log.browser.file', 'webdriver_browser.log')
fp.set_preference('webdriver.log.file', 'webdriver.log')
fp.set_preference('webdriver.log.browser.ignore', False)
fp.set_preference('webdriver.log.driver.ignore', False)
fp.set_preference('webdriver.log.profiler.ignore', False)
fp.set_preference('webdriver.log.browser.level', 'DEBUG')
fp.set_preference('webdriver.log.driver.level', 'DEBUG')
fp.set_preference('webdriver.log.profiler.level', 'DEBUG')
fp.set_preference('browser.download.folderList', 2)
fp.set_preference('browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting', False)
fp.set_preference('browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk', 'application/pdf, application/vnd.fdf, application/x-unknown-application-octet-stream, text/csv, application/octet-stream, application/zip, application/x-gzip')
fp.set_preference("plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types", "application/pdf,application/vnd.fdf")
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force", False)
fp.set_preference("pdfjs.disabled", True)
fp.native_events_enabled = True

capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.FIREFOX.copy()

capabilities.update(
    platform="LINUX", version=FF_VERSION,
    # marionette=False,
    firefox_binary="/var/lib/selenium/bin/firefoxes/%s/firefox" % FF_VERSION)

capabilities['moz:firefoxOptions'] = {
    'args' : ['--display=:101'],
    'log' : {'level' : 'trace'}
}

kwargs = dict(command_executor="http://172.17.0.2:4444/wd/hub/",
              desired_capabilities=capabilities,
              browser_profile=fp
             )

print("\nWebdriver parameters: \n")
pprint(kwargs)

driver = webdriver.Remote(**kwargs)
driver.implicitly_wait(1)
driver.maximize_window()

driver.get("about:")
time.sleep(4)
driver.get("http://www.google.com")
time.sleep(5)

# raw_input("Press Enter to send CTRL+n...")
# driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 'n')

raw_input("\nAttempt #1: Send <CTRL> + <t>. Press Enter to perform.")
driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + 't')

raw_input(
    "\nAttempt #2: Send <CTRL> + <t> using ACTION CHAINS. Press Enter to perform.")
ActionChains(driver).key_down(Keys.CONTROL).send_keys('t').key_up(Keys.CONTROL).perform()

raw_input("Press Enter to close the browser...")

if driver:
    try:
        driver.close()
        print("Selenium browser closed.")
    except:
        print('(Exception occured while closing browser window: ignored.)')
        #print(traceback.format_exc())

    driver = None