JSON Wire Protocol

Version 1

HTTP Method	Path	Summary
GET	/status	Query the server’s current status.
POST	/session	Create a new session.
GET	/sessions	Returns a list of the currently active sessions.
GET	/session/:sessionId	Retrieve the capabilities of the specified session.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId	Delete the session.
POST	/session/:sessionId/frame	Change focus to another frame on the page.
POST	/session/:sessionId/element	Search for an element on the page, starting from the document root.
POST	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/click	Click on an element.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/text	Returns the visible text for the element.
POST	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/value	Send a sequence of key strokes to an element.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/attribute/:name	Get the value of an element’s attribute.

Not in Version 1

HTTP Method	Path	Summary
POST	/session/:sessionId/timeouts	Configure the amount of time that a particular type of operation can execute for before they are aborted and a Timeout error is returned to the client.
POST	/session/:sessionId/timeouts/async_script	Set the amount of time, in milliseconds, that asynchronous scripts executed by `/session/:sessionId/execute_async` are permitted to run before they are aborted and a Timeout error is returned to the client.
POST	/session/:sessionId/timeouts/implicit_wait	Set the amount of time the driver should wait when searching for elements.
GET	/session/:sessionId/window_handle	Retrieve the current window handle.
GET	/session/:sessionId/window_handles	Retrieve the list of all window handles available to the session.
GET	/session/:sessionId/url	Retrieve the URL of the current page.
POST	/session/:sessionId/url	Navigate to a new URL.
POST	/session/:sessionId/forward	Navigate forwards in the browser history, if possible.
POST	/session/:sessionId/back	Navigate backwards in the browser history, if possible.
POST	/session/:sessionId/refresh	Refresh the current page.
POST	/session/:sessionId/execute	Inject a snippet of !JavaScript into the page for execution in the context of the currently selected frame.
POST	/session/:sessionId/execute_async	Inject a snippet of !JavaScript into the page for execution in the context of the currently selected frame.
GET	/session/:sessionId/screenshot	Take a screenshot of the current page.
GET	/session/:sessionId/ime/available_engines	List all available engines on the machine.
GET	/session/:sessionId/ime/active_engine	Get the name of the active IME engine.
GET	/session/:sessionId/ime/activated	Indicates whether IME input is active at the moment (not if it’s available.
POST	/session/:sessionId/ime/deactivate	De-activates the currently-active IME engine.
POST	/session/:sessionId/ime/activate	Make an engines that is available (appears on the listreturned by getAvailableEngines) active.
POST	/session/:sessionId/window	Change focus to another window.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/window	Close the current window.
POST	/session/:sessionId/window/:windowHandle/size	Change the size of the specified window.
GET	/session/:sessionId/window/:windowHandle/size	Get the size of the specified window.
POST	/session/:sessionId/window/:windowHandle/position	Change the position of the specified window.
GET	/session/:sessionId/window/:windowHandle/position	Get the position of the specified window.
POST	/session/:sessionId/window/:windowHandle/maximize	Maximize the specified window if not already maximized.
GET	/session/:sessionId/cookie	Retrieve all cookies visible to the current page.
POST	/session/:sessionId/cookie	Set a cookie.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/cookie	Delete all cookies visible to the current page.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/cookie/:name	Delete the cookie with the given name.
GET	/session/:sessionId/source	Get the current page source.
GET	/session/:sessionId/title	Get the current page title.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id	Describe the identified element.
POST	/session/:sessionId/elements	Search for multiple elements on the page, starting from the document root.
POST	/session/:sessionId/element/active	Get the element on the page that currently has focus.
POST	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/element	Search for an element on the page, starting from the identified element.
POST	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/elements	Search for multiple elements on the page, starting from the identified element.
POST	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/submit	Submit a `FORM` element.
POST	/session/:sessionId/keys	Send a sequence of key strokes to the active element.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/name	Query for an element’s tag name.
POST	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/clear	Clear a `TEXTAREA` or `text INPUT` element’s value.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/selected	Determine if an `OPTION` element, or an `INPUT` element of type `checkbox` or `radiobutton` is currently selected.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/enabled	Determine if an element is currently enabled.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/equals/:other	Test if two element IDs refer to the same DOM element.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/displayed	Determine if an element is currently displayed.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/location	Determine an element’s location on the page.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/location_in_view	Determine an element’s location on the screen once it has been scrolled into view.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/size	Determine an element’s size in pixels.
GET	/session/:sessionId/element/:id/css/:propertyName	Query the value of an element’s computed CSS property.
GET	/session/:sessionId/orientation	Get the current browser orientation.
POST	/session/:sessionId/orientation	Set the browser orientation.
GET	/session/:sessionId/alert_text	Gets the text of the currently displayed JavaScript `alert()`, `confirm()`, or `prompt()` dialog.
POST	/session/:sessionId/alert_text	Sends keystrokes to a JavaScript `prompt()` dialog.
POST	/session/:sessionId/accept_alert	Accepts the currently displayed alert dialog.
POST	/session/:sessionId/dismiss_alert	Dismisses the currently displayed alert dialog.
POST	/session/:sessionId/moveto	Move the mouse by an offset of the specificed element.
POST	/session/:sessionId/click	Click any mouse button (at the coordinates set by the last moveto command).
POST	/session/:sessionId/buttondown	Click and hold the left mouse button (at the coordinates set by the last moveto command).
POST	/session/:sessionId/buttonup	Releases the mouse button previously held (where the mouse is currently at).
POST	/session/:sessionId/doubleclick	Double-clicks at the current mouse coordinates (set by moveto).
POST	/session/:sessionId/touch/click	Single tap on the touch enabled device.
POST	/session/:sessionId/touch/down	Finger down on the screen.
POST	/session/:sessionId/touch/up	Finger up on the screen.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/move	Finger move on the screen.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/scroll	Scroll on the touch screen using finger based motion events.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/scroll	Scroll on the touch screen using finger based motion events.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/doubleclick	Double tap on the touch screen using finger motion events.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/longclick	Long press on the touch screen using finger motion events.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/flick	Flick on the touch screen using finger motion events.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/flick	Flick on the touch screen using finger motion events.
GET	/session/:sessionId/location	Get the current geo location.
POST	/session/:sessionId/location	Set the current geo location.
GET	/session/:sessionId/local_storage	Get all keys of the storage.
POST	/session/:sessionId/local_storage	Set the storage item for the given key.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/local_storage	Clear the storage.
GET	/session/:sessionId/local_storage/key/:key	Get the storage item for the given key.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/local_storage/key/:key	Remove the storage item for the given key.
GET	/session/:sessionId/local_storage/size	Get the number of items in the storage.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/flick	Flick on the touch screen using finger motion events.
POST	session/:sessionId/touch/flick	Flick on the touch screen using finger motion events.
GET	/session/:sessionId/location	Get the current geo location.
POST	/session/:sessionId/location	Set the current geo location.
GET	/session/:sessionId/local_storage	Get all keys of the storage.
POST	/session/:sessionId/local_storage	Set the storage item for the given key.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/local_storage	Clear the storage.
GET	/session/:sessionId/local_storage/key/:key	Get the storage item for the given key.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/local_storage/key/:key	Remove the storage item for the given key.
GET	/session/:sessionId/local_storage/size	Get the number of items in the storage.
GET	/session/:sessionId/session_storage	Get all keys of the storage.
POST	/session/:sessionId/session_storage	Set the storage item for the given key.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/session_storage	Clear the storage.
GET	/session/:sessionId/session_storage/key/:key	Get the storage item for the given key.
DELETE	/session/:sessionId/session_storage/key/:key	Remove the storage item for the given key.
GET	/session/:sessionId/session_storage/size	Get the number of items in the storage.
POST	/session/:sessionId/log	Get the log for a given log type.
GET	/session/:sessionId/log/types	Get available log types.