Deprecated API

Contents

• Terminally Deprecated
• Classes
• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors
• Enum Constants

Terminally Deprecated Elements

Element	Description
org.openqa.selenium.bidi.BiDi(Connection)	Use constructor with timeout parameter: BiDi(Connection, Duration)
org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonInput.nextInstant()	Instant is not a basic JSON type, use the InstantCoercer instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient.sendAsyncNative(HttpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandler<T>)	use JdkHttpClient#httpClient() instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient.sendNative(HttpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandler<T>)	use JdkHttpClient#httpClient() instead.

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	The JSON Wire Protocol is no longer used; use ErrorCodec for mapping between W3C states and exceptions. Removal is tracked by #17638 and is gated on providing a replacement extensibility seam for downstream consumers.

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.docker.ContainerLogs.getLogLines()	List of container logs might be very long. If you need to write down the logs, use ContainerLogs.getLogs() to avoid reading the whole content to memory.
org.openqa.selenium.HasDownloads.getDownloadableFiles()	Use method HasDownloads.getDownloadedFiles() instead
org.openqa.selenium.io.Read.resourceAsString(String)	Use Read.resourceAsString(Class, String) instead
org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonInput.nextInstant()	Instant is not a basic JSON type, use the InstantCoercer instead.
org.openqa.selenium.Proxy.getFtpProxy()	getFtpProxy is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.Proxy.setFtpProxy(String)	setFtpProxy is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.string(File)	Not needed anymore. It's a bad idea to read the entire file to memory. It may cause OutOfMemory errors in case of large files.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.string(Contents.Supplier, Charset)	Use method Contents.Supplier.contentAsString(Charset) instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.string(HttpMessage<?>)	Use method HttpMessage.contentAsString() instead
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient.sendAsyncNative(HttpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandler<T>)	use JdkHttpClient#httpClient() instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient.sendNative(HttpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandler<T>)	use JdkHttpClient#httpClient() instead.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.getDownloadableFiles()	Use method RemoteWebDriver.getDownloadedFiles() instead
org.openqa.selenium.remote.Response.getStatus()	The integer status is a JSON Wire Protocol artifact; use Response.getState() (the W3C state) instead. Removal is tracked by #17638.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.Response.setStatus(Integer)	The integer status is a JSON Wire Protocol artifact; use Response.setState(String) (the W3C state) instead. Removal is tracked by #17638.
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.chromium.ChromiumDriverCommandExecutor(DriverService, Map<String, CommandInfo>)	use ChromiumDriverCommandExecutor(DriverService, Map, ClientConfig) instead
org.openqa.selenium.devtools.Connection(HttpClient, String)	Use constructor with ClientConfig parameter

Deprecated Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
org.openqa.selenium.Keys.FN	The FN key is not part of the W3C WebDriver specification and does not have a standardized Unicode mapping. Its behavior is not guaranteed across drivers/platforms.