org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Question

When I try to run my project using Selenium and Java, I am getting this error and I do not know how to solve it. This is happening on VSCode and the SO is Windows 11.

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
  (Session info: chrome=108.0.5359.125)
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'

This is the code I created:

WebDriver browser = new ChromeDriver();
browser.navigate().to("http://localhost:8080/leiloes");
browser.quit();

I appreciate your help.

Marcelo

Answer 1

You need to set the property of webdriver like below, and you can use get instead of driver.get("http://www.facebook.com");

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class TestChrome {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path of the exe file\\chromedriver.exe");

        // Initialize browser
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        // Open facebook
        driver.get("http://www.facebook.com");

        // Maximize browser

        driver.manage().window().maximize();

    }

}