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Hi

What the below code means. What is OpenQA.Selenium. Is it free . Can i add reference in my App

using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;

namespace YoutubeTools;

public partial class FrmMain : Form
{
    const string BASE_URL = "youtube.com/watch";
    const string XPATH_PLAY = "//button[contains(@class, 'ytp-play-button ytp-button') and @data-title-no-tooltip='Play']";
    const string XPATH_MUTE = "//button[contains(@class, 'ytp-mute-button ytp-button')]";
    const string XPATH_TIME = "//span[@class = 'ytp-time-duration']";

    readonly Random _random;
    bool _isRunning;
    TimeSpan _duration;
    IWebDriver _driver;

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Naimish Makwana · Answer

The code you’ve provided is a partial class definition in C# for a form named FrmMain . This form seems to be part of a project named YoutubeTools , which likely interacts with YouTube videos. Here’s a brief explanation of the namespaces used: OpenQA.Selenium : This is the core namespace for Selenium, a browser automation framework1. It provides classes to interact with web elements on a page2. OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome : This namespace contains the ChromeDriver class, which is needed to instantiate a Google Chrome browser for Selenium34. OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions : This namespace provides the Actions class, which is used for simulating complex user gestures like mouse hover, drag and drop, etc5. OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI : This namespace provides support classes for synchronizing your tests with an AJAX application, including the WebDriverWait class and the ExpectedConditions class67. The OpenQA.Selenium library is open-source and free to use89. You can add it to your application as a reference. If you’re using .NET, you can add it via NuGet package manager10. If you’re using Java or Android, you can add it to your project’s build path1112. Please ensure that you have the correct version of the WebDriver for the browser you are testing on13. The variables defined in the class seem to be related to controlling a YouTube video: BASE_URL is the base URL for a YouTube watch page. XPATH_PLAY , XPATH_MUTE , and XPATH_TIME are XPath expressions, likely used to locate the play button, mute button, and time duration label on a YouTube video page. _random is a Random object, possibly used for generating random numbers. _isRunning is a boolean variable, likely used to track whether a video is playing. _duration is a TimeSpan object, possibly used to store the duration of a video. _driver is an IWebDriver object, which is the main interface to use for testing, which represents an idealized web browser. Please note that this is a partial class, and the full functionality would be determined by other parts of this class which are not shown here. Also, remember to respect YouTube’s Terms of Service when writing and running your code. Thanks

Ramco Ramco · Answer

Hi Naimish Which of these is to be installed.

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