In Chrome, in F12-Network there are lots of network requests, for example for stackoverflow homepage there are:
- stackoverflow.com
- jquery.min.js
- stub.en.js?v=xxxxxxxxx
- stacks.css?v=xxxxxxxxx
- ...
Is it possible to get these requests?
It's not clear from question, but I guess you were to access all these requests via Selenium API. Yes, it became possible with Selenium 4.
Sample below shows catching requests on the google page
ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); // driver should be of type ChromeDriver
DevTools chromeDevTools = driver.getDevTools();
chromeDevTools.createSession();
chromeDevTools.send(Network.enable(Optional.empty(), Optional.empty(), Optional.empty()));
chromeDevTools.addListener(Network.requestWillBeSent(),
req -> {
System.out.println(String.format("Sent %s request to %s",
req.getRequest().getMethod(),
req.getRequest().getUrl()
));
});
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
chromeDevTools.send(Network.disable());
driver.close();
I am implementing an appium test on remote android driver, with chrome browser for loading urls.
Some of the Urls are pdfs, and chrome asks to store those files. and appears that chrome doesnt have access to filesystem to store those files, which results in a dialog like below.
Please help me pass that dialog without any manual inputs.
Upon clicking continue, it will load actual permissions dialog from Android.
Here is my code initialize appium capabilities
DesiredCapabilities caps = DesiredCapabilities.android();
caps.setCapability("appiumVersion", "1.9.1");
caps.setCapability("deviceName","Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus HD GoogleAPI Emulator");
caps.setCapability("deviceOrientation", "portrait");
caps.setCapability("browserName", "Chrome");
caps.setCapability("platformVersion", "8.1");
caps.setCapability("platformName","Android");
caps.setCapability("autoAcceptAlerts", true);
caps.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", true);
caps.setCapability("chromedriverArgs", "--allow-file-access-from-files");
caps.setCapability("maxDuration", 10000);
and this is the snippet I use to load a Url
driver.navigate().to("http://kmmc.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lesson2.pdf");
autoGrantPermission also doesnt work in this case because chrome is already installed. Appium team has already rejected this issue -
https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/10008
Please help!
Indeed I had very hard time finding out the solution, but eventually I found a workaround.
The best workaround would have been reinstalling the chrome package. I tried that, but I could not start chrome after reinstalling it, as I had no access to shell, and chromedriver complained. So I left that track.
I tried getting hold of adb command or mobile:changePermissions but for that you need to use server flag --relaxed-security while starting the server, and saucelabs doesnt provide any handy interface to start the server with this flag.
The last resort, I found a solution here - https://stackoverflow.com/a/51241899/4675277 . But just that was not sufficient, because it helped me fix chrome alert, but later on it popped up with another alert with allow and deny, for which another solution in the same question helped me. So this is the code I eventually used -
driver.navigate().to("http://kmmc.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lesson2.pdf");
String webContext = ((AndroidDriver)driver).getContext();
Set<String> contexts = ((AndroidDriver)driver).getContextHandles();
for (String context: contexts){
if (context.contains("NATIVE_APP")){
((AndroidDriver)driver).context(context);
break;
}
}
driver.findElement(By.id("android:id/button1")).click();
contexts = ((AndroidDriver)driver).getContextHandles();
for (String context: contexts){
if (context.contains("NATIVE_APP")){
((AndroidDriver)driver).context(context);
break;
}
}
driver.findElement(By.id("com.android.packageinstaller:id/permission_allow_button")).click();
((AndroidDriver)driver).context(webContext);
This helps allow all permissions required.
I want to speed up my Selenium tests and noticed that a lot of time is being spent on login procedure.
Login on web application is implemented via localStorage session token (probably OAuth 2.0). I know how to set it once a browser starts and login page loads:
localStorage.setItem(key, value)
It works great. But is it possible to make the browser to pick up custom localStorage using Selenium (Java).
Is it profile?
Well this works for me in python
driver.excute_script('javascript:localStorage.(funtion of localStorage)')
so I suppose well you can set up a validation token like I use for test, and of course I get my auth_token from the database first, but it works like this
driver.excuteScript('javascript:localStorage.token="your validation token";');
should work
When I open a webpage which is in foreign language using selenium webdriver in chrome, it isn't automatically translated to English. How do I over ride this behavior?When I manually open the same page it is being translated automatically. Is there some kind of configuration in chrome driver that disables automatic translation? Is there a way to enable the same?
Did you try loading your Chrome WebDriver using you current user profile ?
I think that should do the trick for you.
String userProfile= "C:\\Users\\<your user dir>\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default\\";
ChromeOptions objOptions = new ChromeOptions();
objOptions.addArguments("user-data-dir=" + userProfile);
objOptions.addArguments("--start-maximized");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(objOptions);
driver.navigate.to("<your url here>");
I have been looking for a way to alter a XHR request made in my browser and then replay it again.
Say I have a complete POST request done in my browser, and the only thing I want to change is a small value and then play it again.
This would be a lot easier and faster to do directly in the browser.
I have googled a bit around, and haven't found a way to do this in Chrome or Firefox.
Is there some way to do it in either one of those browsers, or maybe another one?
Chrome :
In the Network panel of devtools, right-click and select Copy as cURL
Paste / Edit the request, and then send it from a terminal, assuming you have the curl command
See capture :
Alternatively, and in case you need to send the request in the context of a webpage, select "Copy as fetch" and edit-send the content from the javascript console panel.
Firefox :
Firefox allows to edit and resend XHR right from the Network panel. Capture below is from Firefox 36:
Chrome now has Copy as fetch in version 67:
Copy as fetch
Right-click a network request then select Copy > Copy As Fetch to copy the fetch()-equivalent code for that request to your clipboard.
https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/04/devtools#fetch
Sample output:
fetch("https://stackoverflow.com/posts/validate-body", {
credentials: "include",
headers: {},
referrer: "https://stackoverflow.com/",
referrerPolicy: "origin",
body:
"body=Chrome+now+has+_Copy+as+fetch_+in+version+67%3A%0A%0A%3E+Copy+as+fetch%0ARight-click+a+network+request+then+select+**Copy+%3E+Copy+As+Fetch**+to+copy+the+%60fetch()%60-equivalent+code+for+that+request+to+your+clipboard.%0A%0A&oldBody=&isQuestion=false",
method: "POST",
mode: "cors"
});
The difference is that Copy as cURL will also include all the request headers (such as Cookie and Accept) and is suitable for replaying the request outside of Chrome. The fetch() code is suitable for replaying inside of the same browser.
Updating/completing zszep answer:
After copying the request as cUrl (bash), simply import it in the Postman App:
My two suggestions:
Chrome's Postman plugin + the Postman Interceptor Plugin. More Info: Postman Capturing Requests Docs
If you're on Windows then Telerik's Fiddler is an option. It has a composer option to replay http requests, and it's free.
Microsoft Chromium-based Edge supports "Edit and Replay" requests in the Network Tab as an experimental feature:
In order to enable the option you have to "Enable Experimental Features".
Control+Shift+I (Windows, Linux) or Command+Option+I (macOS)
and tick the checkbox next to "Enable Network Console".
More details about how to Enable Experimental Tools and the feature can be found here
For Firefox the problem solved itself. It has the "Edit and Resend" feature implemented.
For Chrome Tamper extension seems to do the trick.
Awesome Requestly
Intercept & Modify HTTP Requests
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/requestly-modify-headers/mdnleldcmiljblolnjhpnblkcekpdkpa
https://requestly.io/
5 years have passed and this essential requirement didn't get ignored by the Chrome devs.
While they offer no method to edit the data like in Firefox, they offer a full XHR replay.
This allows to debug ajax calls.
"Replay XHR" will repeat the entire transmission.
There are a few ways to do this, as mentioned above, but in my experience the best way to manipulate an XHR request and resend is to use chrome dev tools to copy the request as cURL request (right click on the request in the network tab) and to simply import into the Postman app (giant import button in the top left).
No need to install 3rd party extensions!
There exists the javascript-snippet, which you can add as browser-bookmark and then activate on any site to track & modify the requests. It looks like:
For further instructions, review the github page.