Deprecated API

Contents

• Terminally Deprecated
• Classes
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors

Terminally Deprecated Elements

Element	Description
org.openqa.selenium.bidi.BiDi(Connection)	Use constructor with timeout parameter: BiDi(Connection, Duration)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorCodes
org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.setLocalLogs(LocalLogs)	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteLogs(ExecuteMethod, LocalLogs)	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and LocalLogs are no longer supported. Use RemoteLogs(ExecuteMethod) instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.TracedCommandExecutor.setLocalLogs(LocalLogs)	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and LocalLogs are no longer supported.

Deprecated Classes

Class	Description
org.openqa.selenium.bidi.browser.ClientWindow	Not used. In BiDi spec, type `browser.ClientWindow` is just text (String).
org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorCodes

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.CLEAR_LOCAL_STORAGE	localStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.localStorage.clear()") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.CLEAR_SESSION_STORAGE	sessionStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.sessionStorage.clear()") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.GET_DOWNLOADED_FILE	use DriverCommand.DOWNLOAD_FILE instead
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.GET_LOCAL_STORAGE_ITEM	localStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return window.localStorage.getItem('key')") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.GET_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS	localStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return Object.keys(window.localStorage)") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.GET_LOCAL_STORAGE_SIZE	localStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return window.localStorage.length") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.GET_SESSION_STORAGE_ITEM	sessionStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return window.sessionStorage.getItem('key')") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.GET_SESSION_STORAGE_KEYS	sessionStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return Object.keys(window.sessionStorage)") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.GET_SESSION_STORAGE_SIZE	sessionStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return window.sessionStorage.length") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.REMOVE_LOCAL_STORAGE_ITEM	localStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.localStorage.removeItem('key')") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.REMOVE_SESSION_STORAGE_ITEM	sessionStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.sessionStorage.removeItem('key')") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.SET_LOCAL_STORAGE_ITEM	localStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.localStorage.setItem('key', 'value')") instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand.SET_SESSION_STORAGE_ITEM	sessionStorage is not part of W3C WebDriver spec. Use ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.sessionStorage.setItem('key', 'value')") instead.

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
org.openqa.selenium.devtools.CdpEndpointFinder.getHttpClient(HttpClient.Factory, URI)	Use CdpEndpointFinder.getHttpClient(HttpClient.Factory, URI, ClientConfig) instead
org.openqa.selenium.devtools.Command.doesNotSendResponse()	Not needed. All CDP commands return something, at least empty map.
org.openqa.selenium.devtools.SeleniumCdpConnection.create(Capabilities)	use SeleniumCdpConnection.create(Capabilities, ClientConfig) instead
org.openqa.selenium.devtools.SeleniumCdpConnection.create(HttpClient.Factory, Capabilities)
org.openqa.selenium.devtools.SeleniumCdpConnection.create(WebDriver)	use SeleniumCdpConnection.create(WebDriver, ClientConfig) instead
org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.setLocalLogs(LocalLogs)	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.getDownloadableFiles()	Use method RemoteWebDriver.getDownloadedFiles() instead
org.openqa.selenium.remote.Response.getStatus()
org.openqa.selenium.remote.Response.setStatus(Integer)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.TracedCommandExecutor.setLocalLogs(LocalLogs)	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and LocalLogs are no longer supported.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.WebDriverInfo.createDriver(Capabilities)	use WebDriverInfo.createDriver(Capabilities, ClientConfig) instead

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
org.openqa.selenium.bidi.BiDi(Connection)	Use constructor with timeout parameter: BiDi(Connection, Duration)
org.openqa.selenium.devtools.Connection(HttpClient, String)	Use constructor with ClientConfig parameter
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteLogs(ExecuteMethod, LocalLogs)	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and LocalLogs are no longer supported. Use RemoteLogs(ExecuteMethod) instead.