Getting WebDriverException error while using Edge browser in robotframework

Question

I am getting the below error while using Edge as browser in my script (Chrome is working fine)

WebDriverException: Message: 'MicrosoftWebDriver.exe' executable needs to be in PATH. Please download from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=619687

I have already placed the webdrivers in the folders and updated the path in environment variable, already checked the version compatibility.

Answer 1

Issue was with the selenium version, Edge started working when I upgraded the Selenium Version > 4.

Answer 2

I test with the same version of Edge and Edge WebDriver and it works well with Robot Framework. You can refer to the following steps:

1. Make sure the latest version of Python and Node.js have been installed in your computer.

2. Install Browser library from PyPi with pip:

   pip install robotframework-browser
   

3. Initialize the Browser library:

   rfbrowser init
   

4. Install SeleniumLibrary:

   pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary
   

5. Download the corresponding version of Edge WebDriver from this page.

6. Add the path of msedgedriver.exe to Environment Variables Path like below:

   

7. Edge.robot sample code:

   *** Settings ***
   Library   SeleniumLibrary
   
   *** Test Cases ***
   Example Test
       Open Browser  https://www.google.com  edge
   

8. Navigate to the path of Edge.robot in cmd and run it to automate Edge:

   robot Edge.robot