How to Install Edge WebDriver and Use Selenium With It

Get-EdgeDriverSelenium.ps1

[System.String]$RegistryPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\msedge.exe'
[System.String]$SeleniumDirectory = 'C:\EdgeSelenium'

# Check to see if Microsoft Edge is installed
if (-not (Test-Path -Path $RegistryPath)) {
    # Write an error if Edge was not found
    Write-Error -Message 'Microsoft Edge needs to be installed!'
    
    # Exit the script and set a return code
    exit 1
}

# Get the currently installed version of the Microsoft Edge
[System.String]$CurrentEdgeVersion = (Get-Item (Get-ItemProperty $RegistryPath).'(Default)').VersionInfo.ProductVersion

# Check the CPU architecture to see if it is supported
switch ($env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE) {
    'AMD64' { [System.String]$EdgeDriverDownloadLink = "https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/$CurrentEdgeVersion/edgedriver_win64.zip" }
    'ARM64' { [System.String]$EdgeDriverDownloadLink = "https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/$CurrentEdgeVersion/edgedriver_arm64.zip" }
    'x86' { [System.String]$EdgeDriverDownloadLink = "https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/$CurrentEdgeVersion/edgedriver_win32.zip" }
    Default {
        Write-Error -Message 'CPU not supported'
        exit 2
    }
}

# Verify the existence of Edge web driver and Nuget.exe, also make sure the Edge driver is up to date
if (
    (Test-Path -Path "$SeleniumDirectory\msedgedriver.exe") -and 
    (Test-Path -Path "$SeleniumDirectory\NuGet.exe") -and
    ((Get-Item -Path "$SeleniumDirectory\msedgedriver.exe").VersionInfo.ProductVersion -eq $CurrentEdgeVersion)
) {
    # Execute commands relative to the Edge folder and skip download and installation steps
    Set-Location -Path $SeleniumDirectory
}
else {

    # Grab the edge web driver executable
    New-Item -Path $SeleniumDirectory -ItemType 'Directory' -Force | Out-Null

    # Execute commands relative to the Edge folder that was just created
    Set-Location -Path $SeleniumDirectory

    # Download the correct version of the web driver based upon the currently installed version of EdgeDev
    # Download the latest version of NuGet    
                                 
    # Create an array of files to download
    [System.Object[]]$Files = @(
        # System.Net.WebClient requires absolute path instead of relative one      
        @{url = "$EdgeDriverDownloadLink"; path = "$SeleniumDirectory\WebDriver.zip" }
        @{url = 'https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe'; path = "$SeleniumDirectory\NuGet.exe" }
    )
                 
    # Start a job for each file download    
    [System.Object[]]$Jobs = foreach ($File in $Files) {              
                            
        Start-ThreadJob -ErrorAction Stop -ScriptBlock {
                    
            param($Url, $Path)
            # Create a WebClient object
            [System.Net.WebClient]$WC = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

            # Download the file
            $WC.DownloadFile($Url, $Path)
                       
        } -ArgumentList $File.url, $File.path
                    
    } 
    # Wait until all jobs are completed
    while ($Jobs | Where-Object { $_.State -ne 'Completed' }) {
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 700
    }
                    
    # Receive the output or errors of each job and remove the job
    foreach ($Job in $Jobs) {
        Receive-Job -Job $Job -ErrorAction Stop
        Remove-Job -Job $Job -ErrorAction Stop
    }                            

    # Extract the Edge web driver
    Expand-Archive -Path .\WebDriver.zip -DestinationPath .\ -Force

    # Clean up after extraction
    Remove-Item -Path '.\WebDriver.zip' -Force

    # Install selenium lib
    .\NuGet.exe --% install Selenium.WebDriver
}

# import the selenium lib
Add-Type -Path (Get-ChildItem -Path '.\Selenium.WebDriver.*\lib\netstandard*\WebDriver.dll' -File).FullName

# Create an EdgeOptions object (optional)
# $EdgeOptions = New-Object OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeOptions

# Set the headless mode (optional)
# $EdgeOptions.AddArgument("--headless")

# instantiate with optional options
# [OpenQA.Selenium.Chromium.ChromiumDriver]$EdgeDriver = New-Object OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeDriver('C:\EdgeSelenium\msedgedriver.exe', $EdgeOptions)

# instantiate without options
[OpenQA.Selenium.Chromium.ChromiumDriver]$EdgeDriver = New-Object OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeDriver('C:\EdgeSelenium\msedgedriver.exe')

# Navigate to a website
$EdgeDriver.Navigate().GoToUrl('https://www.bing.com')

# Perform other actions with the driver

# Quit the driver
# $EdgeDriver.Quit()

How to Install Edge WebDriver and Use Selenium With It

Made a PowerShell script to automate downloading, installation and running Edge Web Driver with Selenium

• Edge Web Driver
• Documentation
• Selenium