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https://github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS

Headless automation for Internet Explorer
https://github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS

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Headless automation for Internet Explorer

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![trifjeJS](https://raw.github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS/master/Docs/logo-260x260px.png "trifleJS")



A headless Internet Explorer browser using the [.NET WebBrowser Class](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.webbrowser.aspx) with a Javascript API running on the [V8 JavaScript Engine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(JavaScript_engine)).



The API is coded as a port of [PhantomJS](http://phantomjs.org). Basically, if you have used phantom before then you already know how to use TrifleJS.



![What is TrifleJS?](https://raw.github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS/master/Docs/What.Is.Trifle.png "What is TrifleJS?")



It supports different version of IE interchangeably depending on the current version installed (IE9 can emulate IE7, IE8 or IE9 but not IE10).



    C:\> TrifleJS.exe --emulate=IE8 --render=http://whatbrowser.org/



![IE 8](https://raw.github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS/master/Docs/whatbrowser.org.IE8.png "Running as IE 8")



The following is a list of features that have been ported from PhantomJS. 



We are targetting version 1.7 as webdriver support (added in v 1.8) is too much work to put in at this stage and provides only marginal benefit.



### API Implementation



We are a bit over two-thirds through the [PhantomJS API](http://phantomjs.org/api/) at `v1.7`.



- [API Status (77%)](http://triflejs.org#post-112)



More information on each component is available on [triflejs.org](http://triflejs.org):



- [Command Line Options](http://triflejs.org#post-29)

- [Global Methods](http://triflejs.org#post-11)

- [Object: phantom](http://triflejs.org#post-18)

- [Module: System](http://triflejs.org#post-24)

- [Module: FileSystem](http://triflejs.org#post-27)

- [Module: WebPage](http://triflejs.org#post-20)

- [Module: WebServer](http://triflejs.org#post-63)

- [Module: ChildProcess](http://triflejs.org#post-222)

- [New Features](http://triflejs.org/#post-31)



Some of the big ticket items currently missing from the automation are: 



- IE Windows (File Upload, SSL Certificate Error)

- Mouse / Keyboard interaction

- ChildProcess module



Some items that are being deliberately left out:



- Support for WebDriver



### Roadmap



- `v0.3` - 56% of PhantomJS API ([Release Notes](https://github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS/releases/tag/v0.3))

- `v0.4` - 72% of PhantomJS API ([Release Notes](https://github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS/releases/tag/v0.4))

- `v0.5` - (work in progress..)

- `v0.6` - 100% of PhantomJS non-WebPage modules, 80% of WebPage module API

- `v0.7` - 100% of PhantomJS Core API (v1.7) + internal unit tests

- `v0.8` - [CasperJS](https://github.com/n1k0/casperjs) Support (implement Test suite and fixes)

- `v0.9` - Testing and Support for Windows platforms (after XP SP2).

- `v1.0` - Only minor Bugfixes left

- `v1.1` - Nice to haves (WebDriver, improved IPC, REPL Autocompletion etc)



### Download



This code is still very much in beta. Check again for updates.



- [Stable `v0.4`](https://github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS/releases/download/v0.4/TrifleJS.zip)

- [Latest Beta `v0.5`](https://github.com/sdesalas/trifleJS/raw/master/Build/Binary/TrifleJS.Latest.zip)



If you are not sure which version to use then download the ‘Latest Stable’ version.



#### System Requirements



The ideal installation is Windows 7 (with .NET 4.0 or higher) using IE11, however this will still work in 32-bit XP (with SP2) or versions of the [Windows NT Kernel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions#Windows_NT) released after 2001.



Here is a breakdown of current unit tests:



|Windows Version    | IE 8  | IE 9  | IE 10 | IE 11 | EDGE 12 |

|-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|

|XP (SP2)           | Broken| N / A | N / A | N / A |  N / A  |

|Vista 32/64bit     |       |       | N / A | N / A |  N / A  |

|Ser 2003 32/64bi   |       |       | N / A | N / A |  N / A  |

|Win7 32bit         | 100%  | 100%  | 100%  | 100%  |  N / A  |

|Win7 64bit         | 100%  | 100%  | 100%  | 100%  |  N / A  |

|2008R2 64bit       |       |       |       |       |  N / A  |

|Win8 32bit         |       |       |       |       |  N / A  |

|Win8 64bit         |       |       |       |       |  N / A  |

|2012R2 64bit       | 100%  | 100%  | 100%  | 100%  |  N / A  |

|Win10 32bit        |       |       |       |       |         |

|Win10 64bit        |       |       |       |       |         |

|Ser 2016 64bit     |       |       |       |       |         |



Key:



- 100%: Passing all unit tests

- 1-99%: Passing some unit tests

- Broken: Build broken.

- (blank): Untested

- N / A: IE Version unavailable in this platform