In my application I need a way to clear only the cache of the chrome browser before log out (except cookies - I do not want to delete cookies).
Can any one suggest me a way to click on the CLEAR DATA button in chrome. I have written the below code but the code is not working.
Configuration :
Chrome Version: Version 65.0.3325.181 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Selenium Version: 3.11.0
//Clear the cache for the ChromeDriver instance.
driver.get("chrome://settings/clearBrowserData");
Thread.sleep(10000);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='clearBrowsingDataConfirm']")).click();
You are using here
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='clearBrowsingDataConfirm']")).click();
Unfortunately, this won’t work because the Chrome settings page uses Polymer and WebComponents, need to use query selector using the /deep/ combinator, so selector in this case is * /deep/ #clearBrowsingDataConfirm
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Here is workaround to your problem...you can achieve the same using either one of the following...
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
public class ClearChromeCache {
WebDriver driver;
/*This will clear cache*/
@Test
public void clearCache() throws InterruptedException {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C://WebDrivers/chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
chromeOptions.addArguments("disable-infobars");
chromeOptions.addArguments("start-maximized");
driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
driver.get("chrome://settings/clearBrowserData");
Thread.sleep(5000);
driver.switchTo().activeElement();
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("* /deep/ #clearBrowsingDataConfirm")).click();
Thread.sleep(5000);
}
/*This will launch browser with cache disabled*/
@Test
public void launchWithoutCache() throws InterruptedException {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C://WebDrivers/chromedriver.exe");
DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
cap.setCapability("applicationCacheEnabled", false);
driver = new ChromeDriver(cap);
}
}