How to execute automation script using WebDriverManager without connecting to the internet? C#

Question

When I am trying to run the automation script without connecting to the internet, the below exception will be returned:

System.Net.WebException: 'The remote name could not be resolved: 'chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com''

Is there any way to execute the script without connecting to the internet (Offline), by using specific chrome version or the version cashed in the WebDriverManager?

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Answer 1

Download the chromedriver from: https://sites.google.com/chromium.org/driver/

Once you've downloaded the required files extract the zips to a local drive on your computer.

Make sure to add the path to where you extracting the chromedriver.exe

IWebDriver chromeDriver = new ChromeDriver(@ "D:\Download\chromedriver"); //<-Add your path

driver.NetworkConditions = new ChromeNetworkConditions() {
  IsOffline = true, DownloadThroughput = 5000, UploadThroughput = 5000, Latency = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5)
};

driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://chris.bolin.co/offline/");

Note: You could also create an environment variable named webdriver.chrome.driver on your machine that's value is the path to where the local chromedriver.exe is located. If you set up a webdriver.chrome.driver variable you would not have to pass the chrome driver argument when you create a ChromeDriver instance