Getting exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in WebDriver.dll when initializing RemoteWebDriver

Question

I am getting this exception in initializing RemoteWebDriver instance.

Using C# with Selenium

Please see code snippet below.

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Remote;

namespace FF
{
internal class Test
{
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
IWebDriver driver;
Uri _internalSeleniumGrid = new Uri("http://x.x.x.x:4444/wd/hub");

        FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
        FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions
        {
            UseLegacyImplementation = true
        };
        DesiredCapabilities capabilities = (DesiredCapabilities)options.ToCapabilities();
        capabilities.SetCapability(FirefoxDriver.ProfileCapabilityName, profile.ToBase64String());

        driver = new RemoteWebDriver(_internalSeleniumGrid, capabilities);
        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("www.google.com");
        driver.Quit();
    }
}
}

 

Exception:

'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in WebDriver.dll when initializing RemoteWebDriver

Answer 1

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = (DesiredCapabilities)options.ToCapabilities();

You can simply use

ICapabilities capabilities = options.ToCapabilities();

Rest of stuff looks good.

Also,

driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com");

You will need protocol in the URL.