Getting EdgeDriver Version in Selenium C#

Question

I'm trying to update my "chromedriver.exe" and my "msedgedriver.exe" when I start my program automatically. I am able to download both exes with their correct versions, but I need to acces to it's versions from my code and I'm having some trouble with edge.

In order to get my chromedriver.exe version I do:

//I get the new version
new DriverManager().SetUpDriver(new ChromeConfig()); 

ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); 

try{
 ICapabilities capabilities = driver.Capabilities; 
 string driver_version = (capabilities.GetCapability("chrome") as Dictionary<string, object>)["chromedriverVersion"].toString());
}

This works fine, it gets the chromedriver.exe version fine, the problem is when I try to do the same for my EdgeDriver. THe code is all the same, declaring EdgeDriver instead of ChromeDriver:


new DriverManager().SetUpDriver(new ChromeConfig()); 

EsgeDriverdriver driver = new EdgeDriver(); 

try{
 ICapabilities capabilities = driver.Capabilities; 
 //this is where I cannot find the way of getting the version
 string driver_version = (capabilities.GetCapability("edge") as Dictionary<string, object>)["edgedriverVersion"].toString());
}

I've tried with "edgeDriverVersion" and "msedgedriverVersion", but I can't find the correct way of doing it. I've searched for documentation online but haven't found anything so far. Thank You in advance.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '22 at 14:59

Okay I found the answer to this. If you get your ICapabilities you can print them to show you the info they have. In my case, as mentioned, I was interested about the webdriver version, but you can check any other thing you need about it:

{
  "acceptInsecureCerts": false,
  "browserName": "chrome",
  "browserVersion": "107.0.5304.107",
  "chrome": {
    "chromedriverVersion": "107.0.5304.62 (1eec40d3a5764881c92085aaee66d25075c159aa)"
   (...)
   }
}

This is what Console.WriteLine(capabilities.ToString()); spits. You just have to get the information you need from there. In my case I needed Edge Version so:

{
  "acceptInsecureCerts": false,
  "browserName": "msedge",
  "browserVersion": "107.0.1418.52",
  "ms:edgeOptions": {
    "debuggerAddress": "localhost:50432"
  },
  "msedge": {
    "msedgedriverVersion": "107.0.1418.56 (5b47a5c50066f665a52aa4155d30228091b46135)"
   (...)
   }
}

And to get my msedgeVersion:

string version = (capabilities.GetCapability("msedge") as Dictionary<string, object>)["msedgedriverVersion"].ToString();

I hope this helps to someone, got my head burning for some time!

(I deleted some things, just in case you see something missing in the objects).

Getting EdgeDriver Version in Selenium C#

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