selenium.open("/"); generated an XHR 500: Internal Server Error

Question

Any clues on what causes this?

Answer 1

This is a known issue in Selenium RC 1.0.3. Details can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=408

The workaround for 1.0.3 is to overload the open command with one that passes a boolean as a second argument set to true.

Alternatively, you could wait for a new version to be released, however most development efforts are focused on Selenium 2. This is currently in alpha, and the latest version (2.0a4) does not have this issue.

Answer 2

Thanks. Got the solution..For any other people who chance upon this problem, here is the solution:

Replace setUp(...) with

Integer port = 4444; String browserString= "*firefox"; String url = "http://yoururl.com"; selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost",port,browserString,url) { public void open(String url) { commandProcessor.doCommand("open", new String[] {url,"true"});}; selenium.start();