I want to disable the notification when I launch Firefox browser through Selenium Webdriver.
I found this answer, but it's deprecated and does not work for me on Firefox (it works perfectly on Chrome though).
I'm use this dependency for my pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.11.0</version>
</dependency>
If your usecase is to disable the notification following are the options :
To disable Push Notification in Firefox browser client take help of a FirefoxProfile and pass the Keys dom.webnotifications.enabled and dom.push.enabled along with the desired Value as false :
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\path\\to\\geckodriver.exe");
ProfilesIni profile = new ProfilesIni();
FirefoxProfile testprofile = profile.getProfile("debanjan");
testprofile.setPreference("dom.webnotifications.enabled", false);
testprofile.setPreference("dom.push.enabled", false);
DesiredCapabilities dc = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
dc.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.PROFILE, testprofile);
FirefoxOptions opt = new FirefoxOptions();
opt.merge(dc);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(opt);
driver.get("https://www.ndtv.com/");
Note : This method uses an existing FirefoxProfile by the name debanjan stored in my local system which was created following the documentation at Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows
To disable notification in Chrome browser client take help of a setExperimentalOption() to pass a HashMap containing profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications with Value as 2 :
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\path\\to\\chromedriver.exe");
Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
prefs.put("profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications", 2);
prefs.put("credentials_enable_service", false);
prefs.put("profile.password_manager_enabled", false);
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
options.addArguments("start-maximized");
options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
options.addArguments("--disable-extensions");
options.addArguments("--disable-notifications");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.get("https://www.ndtv.com/");
I want to disable the notification when I launch Firefox browser through Selenium Webdriver.
I found this answer, but it's deprecated and does not work for me on Firefox (it works perfectly on Chrome though).
I'm use this dependency for my pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.11.0</version>
</dependency>
If your usecase is to disable the notification following are the options :
To disable Push Notification in Firefox browser client take help of a FirefoxProfile and pass the Keys dom.webnotifications.enabled and dom.push.enabled along with the desired Value as false :
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\path\\to\\geckodriver.exe");
ProfilesIni profile = new ProfilesIni();
FirefoxProfile testprofile = profile.getProfile("debanjan");
testprofile.setPreference("dom.webnotifications.enabled", false);
testprofile.setPreference("dom.push.enabled", false);
DesiredCapabilities dc = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
dc.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.PROFILE, testprofile);
FirefoxOptions opt = new FirefoxOptions();
opt.merge(dc);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(opt);
driver.get("https://www.ndtv.com/");
Note : This method uses an existing FirefoxProfile by the name debanjan stored in my local system which was created following the documentation at Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows
To disable notification in Chrome browser client take help of a setExperimentalOption() to pass a HashMap containing profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications with Value as 2 :
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\path\\to\\chromedriver.exe");
Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
prefs.put("profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications", 2);
prefs.put("credentials_enable_service", false);
prefs.put("profile.password_manager_enabled", false);
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
options.addArguments("start-maximized");
options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
options.addArguments("--disable-extensions");
options.addArguments("--disable-notifications");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.get("https://www.ndtv.com/");
I've encountered a problem with specifying the capabilities driver should meet. I need a browser instance to have pop ups blocked. (must have)
Capabilities code:
DesiredCapabilities caps = DesiredCapabilities().firefox();
FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setPreference("dom.popup_maximum", 0);
caps.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.PROFILE, profile);
The code for creating driver:
WebDriver driver1 = new FirefoxDriver(caps); // this one works
WebDriver driver2 = new RemoteWebDriver(properUrl, caps); // this one does not
By does work / does not work I mean, that driver1 has the pop ups blocked as it should and the driver2 allows pop ups when it should not.
The connection to grid hub is correct, because the driver does work, but unfortunately settings are not set the way they suppose to be.
Could anyone help me out please?
Use FirefoxOptions to customize the preferences:
FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();
options.addPreference("dom.popup_maximum", 0);
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub"), options);
Firefox Version
53.0 (32-bit)
Selenium 3.4.0
ProfilesIni profile = new ProfilesIni();
FirefoxProfile firefoxProfile = profile.getProfile("Selenium");
firefoxProfile.setPreference("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", false);
The problem is the third line does nothing.
If i set manaully security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled to false in about:config this change is not saved in profile.
How can i set it to false from code in java ?
I saw similiar topic but it was in Python.
Obviously security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled is setting from about:config in Firefox
Here is the Answer to your Question:
While working with Selenium 3.4.0 with geckodriver v.0.16.1 & Mozilla Firefox 53.x to start with a existing Firefox profile with security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled set to false you need to specify ("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", false) through setPreference and next you need to pass the Firefox profile through DesiredCapabilities Class.
Here is the working code block which sets "security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled" to false in the Firefox browser:
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\your_directory\\geckodriver.exe");
ProfilesIni profile = new ProfilesIni();
FirefoxProfile testprofile = profile.getProfile("debanjan");
testprofile.setPreference("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", false);
DesiredCapabilities dc = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
dc.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.PROFILE, testprofile);
dc.setCapability("marionette", true);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(dc);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
Let me know if this Answers your Question.
When am running my webdriver script, am getting a confirmation dialog box with below message:
Error Loading Extension
Could not load extension from 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir6312_32763\internal'. Loading of unpacked extensions is disabled by the administrator.
Would you like to retry?
Yes No
Clicking "yes" lets the tests run.
I am not sure why am I getting this dialog box prompted,
I've tried the mentioned workarounds below but neither of them are working:
Replaced chrome driver with latest version.
Added below code in my script:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("no-sandbox");
options.addArguments("disable-extensions");
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
Below is my Test method:
public void Login() throws IOException{
test = extent.startTest("Login");
signInPage = new SignInPage(driver);
signInPage.enterMailId();
String screenShotPath = GetScreenShot.capture(driver, "enterMailId");
test.log(LogStatus.PASS, "Email id is entered successfully: " + test.addScreenCapture(screenShotPath));
signInPage.enterpwd();
//test.log(LogStatus.INFO, "Password is entered successfully");
screenShotPath = GetScreenShot.capture(driver, "enterpwd");
test.log(LogStatus.PASS, "Password is entered successfully: " + test.addScreenCapture(screenShotPath));
signInPage.clickOnLogin();
test.log(LogStatus.PASS, "User logged in successfully");
}
Below is the method which invoke the browser:
private void initChromeBrowser(){
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", userdir +"\\chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("test-type");
options.addArguments("no-sandbox");
//Fix for cannot get automation extension
options.addArguments("disable-extensions");
options.addArguments("start-maximized");
options.addArguments("--js-flags=--expose-gc");
options.addArguments("disable-plugins");
options.addArguments("--enable-precise-memory-info");
options.addArguments("--disable-popup-blocking");
options.addArguments("--disable-default-apps");
options.addArguments("test-type=browser");
options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
launchApp();
}
Could there be anything else that I should incorporate in my script to prevent the dialog box.
You can set the useAutomationExtension capability to false.
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
This capability will help to not load Chrome Automation extension. Due to which, "Failed to load extension" popup would not appear.
But please note you will not be able to perform any window resizing/positioning operations without the Chrome automation extension.
Hope this helps!
Source : https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromedriver/issues/detail?id=1749
This error message...
Error Loading Extension
Could not load extension from 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir6312_32763\internal'. Loading of unpacked extensions is disabled by the administrator.
Would you like to retry?
Yes No
...implies that an extension was not been loaded as it was disabled by the administrator.
As per Issue 1749: Failed to load extention from: ... Loading of unpacked extensions is disabled by the administrator ChromeDriver uses Chrome automation extension for automating various functions like window sizing, window positioning, etc.
The Failed to load extension.. popup means that this extension has not been loaded. If you manually close the popup, browser will act normally and ChromeDriver commands will continue to work as expected. But in this case if you try executing window resizing or window re-positioning commands, it will throw an error as unknown error: cannot get automation extension.
Till ChromeDriver v2.28 whenever an organizations admin policy forbidden extensions, to bypass the restriction users have used the argument disable-extensions as follows:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--disable-extensions");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
and it worked perfecto.
ChromeDriver v2.28 onwards, whenever disable-extensions flag is passed by test, ChromeDriver implicitly passes disable-extensions-except flag which in turn loads Chrome automation extension. This extension helps Chromedriver to perform window sizing and window re-positioning operations.
So, if your organizational admin policy blocks extensions, display of popup Failed to load extension from: ... Loading of unpacked extensions is an expected behavior.
This issue had a dependency on Selenium support for headless.
As an alternative, you can set the useAutomationExtension capability to false as follows:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
This capability inturn will help to not load Chrome Automation extension and Failed to load extension popup would not appear. But you will not be able to perform any window resizing/positioning operations without the Chrome automation extension.
Now, Selenium support for headless being resolved ChromeDriver will no longer require this extension and you shouldn't have seen this error/popup.
Solution
The simplest solution would be to use the latest version of ChromeDriver and Chrome combination among either of the following:
If you are using Chrome version 73, please download ChromeDriver 73.0.3683.20
If you are using Chrome version 72, please download ChromeDriver 2.46 or ChromeDriver 72.0.3626.69
If you are using Chrome version 71, please download ChromeDriver 2.46 or ChromeDriver 71.0.3578.137
For older version of Chrome, please see this discussion.
Alternative
Some other alternatives are:
Add the Registry Key ExtensionInstallWhitelist to whitelist
Remove the Registry Key ExtensionInstallBlacklist containing a string key 1 with value *
I encountered this same issue after upgrading to ChromeDriver v2.29. I have Chrome v58.0. It looks like an open issue: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromedriver/issues/detail?id=639#c26
Depending on your versions, YMMV, in my case, I had to downgrade to ChromeDriver v2.27.
If you go to chrome://version/ you can see under the Command:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-background-networking --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-default-apps --disable-extensions --disable-extensions-except="C:\Users\Inno3\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir80288_6333\internal" --disable-hang-monitor --disable-popup-blocking --disable-prompt-on-repost --disable-sync --disable-web-resources --enable-automation --enable-logging --force-fieldtrials=SiteIsolationExtensions/Control --ignore-certificate-errors --log-level=0 --metrics-recording-only --no-first-run --password-store=basic --remote-debugging-port=12354 --safebrowsing-disable-auto-update --start-maximized --test-type=webdriver --use-mock-keychain --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Inno3\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir80288_30914" --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end data:,
This is why it throw error, I don't know why it give error, maybe user policy or Chrome updates?
--disable-extensions-except="C:\Users\Inno3\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir80288_6333\internal"
I believe the argument is added by Selenium, you need the following command to tell selenium to not add it.
In C#:
chromeOptions = OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome.ChromeOptions();
chromeOptions.AddAdditionalCapability("useAutomationExtension", false);
river = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
launchApp();
In Java:
chromeOptions.AddAdditionalCapability("useAutomationExtension", false)
//Set the system property for chrome browser location
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", Global.sChromeDriverPath);
//Set the Chrome capabilities
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("test-type");
options.addArguments("start-maximized");
options.addArguments("--js-flags=--expose-gc");
options.addArguments("--enable-precise-memory-info");
options.addArguments("--disable-popup-blocking");
options.addArguments("--disable-default-apps");
options.addArguments("--enable-automation");
options.addArguments("test-type=browser");
options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
options.addArguments("disable-extensions");
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
Global.driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
Below code is working fine for me chrome driver 2.41 and browser version 68.0.3440.84
public class patCheck {
WebDriver driver;
#Test
public void f() {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\shirish.nagar\\Work\\Selenium\\Web\\Drivers\\chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
}
}
It successfully invokes the chrome browser without any pop-up of "loading unpacked extension disabled by administrator"
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\drivers\\chromedriver.exe");
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
On my company we have a GPO that block all extensions on chrome with the ExtensionInstallBacklist.
So to avoid this we change the blocked extentensions registry key from * (all) to a random value (foobar).
To do that you can create a .reg file with this content:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\ExtensionInstallBlacklist]
"1"="lala"
I tried a bunch of things like removing the * entry of Chrome blacklist in Windows registry (which is a painful hack because it will be reversed back couple times a week by the company group policy). I finally came up with the working solution. With the following code, the "error loading extension" pop up isn't showing up any more.
${options}= Evaluate sys.modules['selenium.webdriver'].ChromeOptions() sys, selenium.webdriver
Call Method ${options} add_argument --start-maximized
Call Method ${options} add_experimental_option useAutomationExtension ${False}
Create WebDriver Chrome chrome_options=${options}
Below code works for me:
Set useAutomationExtension as false
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
Fulll code:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Selenium Drivers\\chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
capabilities.setAcceptInsecureCerts(true);
options.merge(capabilities);
options.addArguments("--test-type");
options.addArguments("start-maximized");
options.addArguments("--js-flags=--expose-gc");
options.addArguments("--enable-precise-memory-info");
options.addArguments("--disable-popup-blocking");
options.addArguments("--disable-default-apps");
options.addArguments("--enable-automation");
options.addArguments("disable-extensions");
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
options.addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage");
options.addArguments("--no-sandbox");
options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
This below code works for me with the addition of - options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false) :
...
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "chromedriver path");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("test-type");
options.addArguments("start-maximized");
options.addArguments("--js-flags=--expose-gc");
options.addArguments("--enable-precise-memory-info");
options.addArguments("--disable-popup-blocking");
options.addArguments("--disable-default-apps");
options.addArguments("--enable-automation");
options.addArguments("test-type=browser");
options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
options.addArguments("disable-extensions");
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
driver.new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.get(ur url);