Hi Iam trying to set firefox profile name in environment settings of intern config file.I have tried
environments: [
{ browserName: 'firefox',firefox_profile:'default' },
{firefox_profile:'default'}
],
and
environments: [
{ browserName: 'firefox',profile:'default' },
{profile:'default'}
],
as well as
capabilities: {
'selenium-version': '2.42.0',
firefox_profile:'default'
},
as mentioned in Selenium capabilities
But still firefox launches with an anonymous profile.
However if I use watir,
def setup
@browser = Watir::Browser.new :firefox, :profile => 'default'
goto_ecp_console_manage_page
end
browser launches the default profile which is 'kinit-ed'(kerberos)
As the Selenium capabilities page you mention points out, the value of firefox_profile
must be a Base64-encoded profile. Specifically, you ZIP up a Firefox profile directory, Base64 encode it, and use that string as the value of firefox_profile
. The firefox-profile npm package can make this process easier. You'll end up with something like:
environments: [
{ browserName: 'firefox', firefox_profile: 'UEsDBBQACAAIACynEk...'; },
...
],
I would recommend storing the profile string in a separate module since it's going to be around 250kb.
I used @jason0x43 suggestion to rely on the firefox-profile Node.js module and I've created the following grunt task fireforProfile4selenium
. With a simple configuration set into the Gruntfile.js
, the plugin writes a file on disk with the Base64 encoded version of a zipped profile!
Here is the grunt configuration:
firefoxProfile4selenium: {
options: {
proxy: {
host: '...',
port: ...
},
bypass: [ 'localhost', '127.0.0.1', '...' ]
},
default: {
files: [{
dest: 'firefoxProfile.b64.txt'
}]
}
}
Here is the plugin:
/*global require, module*/
var fs = require('fs'),
FirefoxProfile = require('firefox-profile'),
taskName = 'firefoxProfile4selenium';
module.exports = function (grunt) {
'use strict';
grunt.registerMultiTask(taskName, 'Prepares a Firefox profile for Selenium', function () {
var done = this.async(),
firefoxProfile = new FirefoxProfile(),
options = this.options(),
host = this.options().proxy.host,
port = this.options().proxy.host,
bypass = this.options().bypass,
dest = this.files[0].dest;
// Set the configuration type for considering the custom settings
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.type', 2);
// Set the proxy host
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.ftp', host);
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.http', host);
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.socks', host);
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.ssl', host);
// Set the proxy port
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.ftp_port', port);
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.http_port', port);
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.socks_port', port);
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.ssl_port', port);
// Set the list of hosts that should bypass the proxy
firefoxProfile.setPreference('network.proxy.no_proxies_on', bypass.join(','));
firefoxProfile.encoded(function (zippedProfile) {
fs.writeFile(dest, zippedProfile, function (error) {
done(error); // FYI, done(null) reports a success, otherwise it's a failure
});
});
});
};