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RSelenium (version 1.7.9)

getFirefoxProfile: Get Firefox profile.

Description

getFirefoxProfile A utility function to get a firefox profile.

Usage

getFirefoxProfile(profDir, useBase = TRUE)

Arguments

profDir

The directory in which the firefox profile resides

useBase

Logical indicating whether to attempt to use zip from utils package. Maybe easier for Windows users.

Detail

A firefox profile directory is zipped and base64 encoded. It can then be passed to the selenium server as a required capability with key firefox_profile

Examples

Run this code
if (FALSE) {
fprof <- getFirefoxProfile("~/.mozilla/firefox/9qlj1ofd.testprofile")
remDr <- remoteDriver(extraCapabilities = fprof)
remDr$open()
}

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