https://github.com/mike10004/selenium-traffic-example

Example of capturing network traffic with Selenium and Browsermob-proxy
https://github.com/mike10004/selenium-traffic-example

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Example of capturing network traffic with Selenium and Browsermob-proxy

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mike10004/selenium-traffic-example
• Owner: mike10004
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-11-03T20:43:50.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-11-15T20:44:26.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-08T09:22:35.469Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Java
• Size: 21.5 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Capturing network traffic with Selenium and Firefox or Chrome

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This project is an example of how to capture network traffic using Selenium 

WebDriver with Browsermob-proxy. Unit tests employing Firefox and Chrome 

webdrivers capturing both HTTP and HTTPS traffic are included.

The primary reason this project is shared is that many Selenium traffic 

capture examples and how-tos suggest the process is rather simple, but in 

practice, at least with the version of Firefox the author has, the following

problems were encountered:

* merely configuring the `DesiredCapabilities` object for the Firefox 

  webdriver does not actually configure the driver to use the proxy

* many examples of how to customize the Firefox profile for the webdriver

  fail to include instructions for specifying that the same proxy be used for 

  HTTPS requests

* empty HAR files are produced by browsermob-proxy if the webdriver proxy 

  is not configured correctly

* by default, the Firefox driver does not accept the certificate provided by 

  Browsermob-proxy to MITM SSL traffic, and configuring the Firefox profile

  for the webdriver to accept a custom self-signed certificate is nontrivial

* Browsermob-proxy does not respect the system properties that define a proxy

  for the JVM, so if you have an upstream proxy, the Browsermob proxy 

  must be configured explicitly from the system properties

This project is a working demonstration of network traffic capture that is 

small enough to comprehend but shows a fair number of ways you can customize 

it for your needs.