How to start Microsoft Old Edge WebDriver server?

You can start Microsoft Old Edge WebDriver server as shown in this tutorial.

1. Open a command line window and run msedgedriver.exe. You see Microsoft Old Edge WebDriver Server is running and listening on port 9515.

C:\fyicenter>\fyicenter\selenium\edgedriver\msedgedriver.exe

Starting MSEdgeDriver 76.0.174.0 (...) on port 9515
Only local connections are allowed.
Please protect ports used by the WebDriver and related test frameworks to prevent access by malicious code.

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

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

{
  "value": {
    "build": {
      "version": "76.0.174.0 (...)"
    },
    "message": "MSEdgeDriver ready for new sessions.",
    "os": {
      "arch": "x86_64",
      "name": "Windows NT",
      "version": "10.0.17134"
    },
    "ready": true
  }
}

As you can see, Microsoft Old Edge WebDriver server is ready to use on port 9515.

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

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