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Download Latest version of Microsoft Edge drive for Selenium using C#

Mahesh Kumar Yadav answered on August 22, 2022 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer Download Latest version of Microsoft Edge drive for Selenium using C#

Download Latest version of Microsoft Edge drive for Selenium using C#

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/// 08/29/2022 Mahesh Kumar Yadav. <br/>
/// <summary>
/// Make sure we have latest driver version of EDGE
/// It downloads same version of EDGE BROWSER installed on your system
/// </summary>
/// <exception cref="Exception"></exception>
public static string EnsureLatestMsEdgeDriveIsInstalled()
{
    string installedEdgePath;
    // To use WebDriver to automate Microsoft Edge, if you use Selenium,
    // you must use Selenium 4, which has built -in support for Microsoft Edge (Chromium).
    try
    {
        const string edgeDriveFile = "msedgedriver.exe";
        var downloadedEdgeDriverVersion = string.Empty;
        if (File.Exists(edgeDriveFile))
        {
            var downloadedEdgeDriverInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(edgeDriveFile);
            downloadedEdgeDriverVersion = downloadedEdgeDriverInfo.FileVersion;
        }

        var installedEdgeBrowser =
            InstalledBrowsers.Value.FirstOrDefault(b => Regex.IsMatch(b.Name, "edge", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
        var installedEdgeVersion = installedEdgeBrowser.Version;
        installedEdgePath = installedEdgeBrowser.Path;
        if (installedEdgeVersion.Equals(downloadedEdgeDriverVersion))
        {
            // already downloaded for the installed version of MS Edge
            return installedEdgePath;
        }

        // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webdriver-chromium/?tabs=c-sharp
        // Every version of edge has own driver
        var url = $"https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/{installedEdgeVersion}/edgedriver_win32.zip";
        const string fileName = "edgedriver_win32.zip";
        var form = new TzunamiDownloaderForm(url, fileName);
        form.ShowDialog();
        if (File.Exists(edgeDriveFile))
            File.Delete(edgeDriveFile);
        ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(fileName, Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
        if (File.Exists(fileName))
        {
            File.Delete(fileName);
        }

        // Useless directories
        if (Directory.Exists("Driver_Notes"))
            Directory.Delete("Driver_Notes", true);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        // Log.WriteLine(LogLevel.High,nameof(SeleniumAuthenticator), ex, "The Edge driver for your browser could not be downloaded");
        throw new Exception("The Edge driver for your browser could not be downloaded", ex);
    }
    return installedEdgePath;
}

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