Selenium in Powershell does not work correctly in Start-Job

Question

I am trying to execute PowerShell script with Selemiun using Start-Job

Start-Job {
    $Url = 'https://stackoverflow.com/'
    $Driver = Start-SeChrome
    Enter-SeUrl -Url $Url  -Driver $Driver
    }

The script should open Chrome and follow the link. Instead, it just opens Chrome.

Everything works correctly without Start-Job. The only thing I noticed is the lack of a command prompt window with chromedriver.exe running. But judging by the Task Manager, chromedriver.exe starts up

Finding a solution is complicated by the fact that I do not know how to read the errors that occur when starting Start-job.

try use runspaces... https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/beginning-use-of-powershell-runspaces-part-1/ — Avshalom, Jul 26 '20 at 20:11
the scriptblock runs in its own scope. you need to pass the info into the scriptblock. [*grin*] take a look at `Get-Help Start-Job -Parameter InitializationScript`, at `Get-Help Start-Job -Parameter ArgumentList`, and finally at `Get-Help about_Scopes` ... especially the section titled `The Using scope modifier`. — Lee_Dailey, Jul 26 '20 at 21:10

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '20 at 21:35

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Thanks a lot Avshalom for the tip. Validly using PoshRSJob module solved my problem. Selenium is finally working correctly.

answered Jul 31 '20 at 21:35

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 01 '20 at 02:23

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It would also work with start-threadjob or foreach-object -parallel in powershell 7. You can download the Threadjob module in powershell 5.1

answered Aug 01 '20 at 02:23

js2010

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Selenium in Powershell does not work correctly in Start-Job

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