Selenium 3.7 : geckodriver : WebDriverException: org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException Connection Refused

Question

Recently I upgraded to Selenium 3.7.

Code:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;  
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;


public static         


        

Answer 1

I tried with the same versions without any problem.

If the path to the geckodriver:

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", 
    "/usr/local/bin/geckodriver"); 

is correct, make sure that the geckodriver is executable for the user that execute the code:

chmod +x geckodriver

Answer 2

After doing some research, I manage to resolve this problem.

The error is due to the 127.0.0.1 map to localhost.com in etc/hosts. Edited: 127.0.0.1 localhost

Answer 3

I think you are missing the .exe extension. Your path should be like this

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", 
    "/usr/local/bin/geckodriver.exe");

Answer 4

The error WebDriverException: org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connect to localhost:8970 can occur due to different reasons. More over there is a discrepency in your Included Library list as selenium-server-standalone-3.7.1.jar is never a part of downloaded selenium-java-3.7.1.zip.

Try out the steps mentioned below:

• From the Included Library list remove all the jars.
• Download and Add only selenium-server-standalone-3.7.1.jar from this link or from this link

• Ensure that /etc/hosts on your system contains the following entry :

  1 127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost
  

• Run CCleaner Tool to wipe away all the OS chores from your system.

• You can opt for a System Reboot.
• Execute your Test.