Deprecated API

Contents

• Terminally Deprecated
• Interfaces
• Classes
• Enum 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.logging.LocalLogs	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogCombiner	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LoggingHandler	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogType.CLIENT	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and CLIENT type is no longer supported.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogType.PROFILER	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and PROFILER type is no longer supported.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogType.SERVER	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and SERVER type is no longer supported.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.NeedsLocalLogs	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.profiler.EventType	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.profiler.HttpProfilerLogEntry	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.profiler.ProfilerLogEntry	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.SessionLogHandler	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.SessionLogs	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorCodes
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.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 Interfaces

Interface	Description
org.openqa.selenium.logging.NeedsLocalLogs	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.

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.logging.LocalLogs	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogCombiner	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LoggingHandler	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.profiler.HttpProfilerLogEntry	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.profiler.ProfilerLogEntry	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.SessionLogHandler	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.SessionLogs	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.
org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorCodes

Deprecated Enum Classes

Enum Class	Description
org.openqa.selenium.logging.profiler.EventType	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and is no longer supported. This class will be removed in a future release.

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogType.CLIENT	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and CLIENT type is no longer supported.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogType.PROFILER	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and PROFILER type is no longer supported.
org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogType.SERVER	logging is not in the W3C WebDriver spec and SERVER type is no longer supported.
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.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.chromium.ChromiumDriverCommandExecutor(DriverService, Map<String, CommandInfo>)	use ChromiumDriverCommandExecutor(DriverService, Map, ClientConfig) instead
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.

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.