Selenium Python SDK: Setup and Code Samples

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Overview

Selenium is an umbrella project encapsulating a variety of tools and libraries that enable and support the automation of web browsers.

SDK

SDK

Supported

Official · Java, Python, C#, Ruby, JavaScript

  • Java Official · Java · org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java
  • Python Official · Python · selenium
  • C# Official · C# · Selenium.WebDriver
  • Ruby Official · Ruby · selenium-webdriver
  • JavaScript Official · JavaScript · selenium-webdriver

Verified 2026-09-26 [2]

Code samples

first-script-java Java Write your first Selenium script Not run 
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();

Official docs

Limitations

  • No built-in test runner, assertion library, or reporting; users assemble their own stack.
  • Automates web browsers only; no native desktop or mobile app support in core WebDriver.
  • Discourages testing file downloads, HTTP response codes, third-party logins, and 2FA through the browser.

Pricing

Free

Models: FreeFree tier: AvailableTrial: Not applicable

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Sources

  1. 1The Selenium Browser Automation Project | Selenium · Official docs · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 94 claims, high confidence · verified 2026-09-26

    • Accessibility checks
    • API assertions
    • Audience
    • Audit logs
    • Authoring method
    • Auto-waiting
    • Automatic retries
    • Autonomous PR validation
    • Browser extension testing
    • Canvas testing
    • Certifications
    • CI execution
    • Code authoring
    • Company size
    • Configurable retention
    • Console logs
    • Cross-browser testing
    • Cross-platform testing
    • Customer data used for training
    • Dark and light mode testing
    • Data regions
    • Data residency
    • Database assertions
    • Debug artifacts
    • Deployment
    • Email testing
    • Execution model
    • Execution traces
    • Failure grouping
    • File download testing
    • File upload testing
    • GitHub
    • GitHub PR checks
    • Headed execution
    • Headless execution
    • iframe testing
    • Interactive debugging
    • Interfaces
    • Local execution
    • Maintenance approach
    • Max concurrency
    • Merge gating
    • Multi-tab testing
    • Native desktop testing
    • Native mobile testing
    • Natural language authoring
    • Network logs
    • Network mocking
    • Notification testing
    • OAuth testing
    • On-premises deployment
    • Parallel execution
    • Parameterized tests
    • PDF validation
    • Performance measurement
    • PR comments
    • PR-aware test selection
    • Preview deployment testing
    • Private network access
    • Private runners
    • Product kind
    • Product status
    • RBAC
    • Real device testing
    • Recorder
    • Reliability mechanisms
    • Replay
    • Reusable steps
    • Scheduled execution
    • SCIM
    • Screenshots
    • Secrets injection
    • Secrets management
    • Semantic visual assertions
    • Setup difficulty
    • Spelling and grammar checks
    • SSO (OIDC)
    • SSO (SAML)
    • Summary
    • Support channels
    • Support SLA
    • Targets
    • Test data generation
    • Test import
    • Test sharding
    • Testing types
    • Tool
    • Training opt-out
    • Use cases
    • Vendor
    • Video content validation
    • Video recording
    • Visual regression
    • VS Code extension

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: Selenium is an umbrella project for a range of tools and libraries that enable and support the automation of web browsers.

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: lets you write interchangeable code for all major web browsers

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: Logging

    Grid: Want to run tests in parallel across multiple machines? Then, Grid is for you.

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: implementations of the W3C WebDriver specification

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: Want to run tests in parallel across multiple machines? Then, Grid is for you.

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: Selenium is an umbrella project for a range of tools and libraries

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: The Selenium Browser Automation Project

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: Waits

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: Documentation

    The Selenium Browser Automation Project: automation of web browsers

  2. 2Downloads | Selenium · Official website · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 2 claims · Vendor documented, high confidence · verified 2026-09-26

    • Languages
    • SDK

    Downloads: Selenium Clients and WebDriver Language Bindings: .NET/C#, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Java

  3. 3Grid | Selenium · Official docs · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-22

    Supports 1 claim · verified 2026-09-26

    • Parallel execution
  4. 4Write your first Selenium script | Selenium · Official docs · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 1 claim · Vendor documented, high confidence · verified 2026-09-26

    • Code samples

    Write your first Selenium script: Write your first Selenium script

  5. 5Ecosystem | Selenium · Official website · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 12 claims · Vendor documented, high confidence · verified 2026-09-26

    • Adapts to UI changes
    • AI executes the app
    • AI failure analysis
    • AI generates code only
    • AI test generation
    • Autonomous exploration
    • Integrations
    • MCP server
    • Selector-free execution
    • Self-healing
    • Uses AI
    • Vision-based interaction

    Ecosystem: Ecosystem

    Community implementation by Angie Jones.

    Selenium itself does not use AI, but there are community AI solutions built on top of it.

  6. 6GitHub - angiejones/mcp-selenium: An MCP implementation for Selenium WebDriver · GitHub · Official repository · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-25
  7. 7GitHub - SeleniumHQ/selenium: A browser automation framework and ecosystem. · GitHub · Official repository · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 4 claims · Vendor documented, high confidence · verified 2026-09-26

    • License
    • License identifiers
    • Runner OS
    • Target OS

    GitHub - SeleniumHQ/selenium: Apache-2.0 license

    GitHub - SeleniumHQ/selenium: All Platforms: MacOS, Windows, Linux

  8. 8WebDriver | Selenium · Official docs · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 3 claims, high confidence · verified 2026-09-26

    • Browser engines
    • Browsers
    • Device modes

    WebDriver: Browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari

  9. 9WebDriver BiDi | Selenium · Official docs · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-25

    Supports 3 claims · verified 2026-09-26

    • Console logs
    • Network logs
    • Network mocking
  10. 10Selenium · Official website · Selenium project · retrieved 2026-09-26

    Supports 4 claims · Vendor documented, high confidence · verified 2026-09-26

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    • Pricing
    • Pricing models
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