Programming Languages Supported by Selenium WebDriver
Selenium WebDriver provides official client bindings (libraries) for multiple programming languages:
Officially supported languages:
▸1. Java (most popular)
Java
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://example.com");
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("search"));
element.sendKeys("Selenium");
▸2. Python
Python
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://example.com")
element = driver.find_element(By.ID, "search")
element.send_keys("Selenium")
▸3. C# (common in .NET projects)
CSHARP
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://example.com");
IWebElement element = driver.FindElement(By.Id("search"));
element.SendKeys("Selenium");
▸4. Ruby
RUBY
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.navigate.to "https://example.com"
element = driver.find_element(id: "search")
element.send_keys "Selenium"
▸5. JavaScript / Node.js
JavaScript
const { Builder, By } = require("selenium-webdriver");
const driver = new Builder().forBrowser("chrome").build();
await driver.get("https://example.com");
const element = await driver.findElement(By.id("search"));
await element.sendKeys("Selenium");
▸6. Kotlin (JVM, uses Java bindings)
KOTLIN
val driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://example.com")
val element = driver.findElement(By.id("search"))
element.sendKeys("Selenium")
▸7. PHP
PHP
$driver = RemoteWebDriver::create("http://localhost:4444", DesiredCapabilities::chrome());
$driver->get("https://example.com");
$element = $driver->findElement(WebDriverBy::id("search"));
$element->sendKeys("Selenium");
▸8. Perl (community support)
Language popularity in Selenium:
| Language | Popularity | Common use case |
|---|---|---|
| Java | Very High | Enterprise, TestNG, Maven |
| Python | High | Simple scripts, pytest |
| C# | High | .NET/.NET Core projects |
| JavaScript | Medium | Node.js full-stack teams |
| Ruby | Lower | Rails projects |
Key official list:
- ✓Java
- ✓C#
- ✓Python
- ✓Ruby
- ✓Perl
- ✓PHP
- ✓JavaScript (Node.js)
