How to start MicrosoftWebDriver WebDriver server?

You can start MicrosoftWebDriver WebDriver server as shown in this tutorial.

1. Open a command line window and run msedgedriver.exe. You see MicrosoftWebDriver WebDriver Server is running and listening on port 17556.

C:\fyicenter>\fyicenter\selenium\edgedriver\MicrosoftWebDriver --verbose

[...] - Starting server...
[...] - Listening on http://localhost:17556/
[...] - Waiting for new request...

2. Run the WebDriver "GET /status" service with the "curl" command:

C:\fyicenter> curl http://localhost:9515/status

{
  "sessionId": "",
  "status": 0,
  "value": {
    "build": {
      "version": "10.0.17134.1"
    },
    "os": {
      "arch": "x86",
      "name": "Windows 10",
      "version": "10.0"
    }
  }
}

As you can see, MicrosoftWebDriver WebDriver server is ready to use on port 17556.

You can also use JMeter or other HTTP client tools scripts to run WebDriver services.

 

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