# Selenium using Python

Selenium is an open-source web-based automation tool. Python language is used with Selenium for **Testing**. It has far less verbose and easy to use than any other programming language. The Python APIs empower you to connect with the browser through Selenium. Selenium Python bindings provide a simple API to write functional/acceptance tests using Selenium WebDriver.

**Set up Selenium**

Python version should be less than 3.8: Download.

Create Virtual Environment.

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Install selenium following this command.

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Install web driver.

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You can download ChromeDriver here: https://sites.google.com/chromium.org/driver/

Add it to your system path.

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You can use any editor like VS Code. Create a python file in the directory. For example, we will calculate money heist episode timing from Netflix.

Debugging from the **Netflix** page.

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open file fide.py

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Run python code

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Automating chrome window.

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Calculate Timing.

![9.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1656232470965/KtnnVHrIc.png align="left") .