Webdriver and proxy server for firefox

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Question

are there any ways to set firefox's proxy settings? I found here information about FoxyProxy but when Selenium works, plugins are unactivated in window.

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Solution

Look at the documentation page.

Tweaking an existing Firefox profile

You need to change "network.proxy.http" & "network.proxy.http_port" profile settings.

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.addAdditionalPreference("network.proxy.http", "localhost");
profile.addAdditionalPreference("network.proxy.http_port", "3128");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

OTHER TIPS

Value for network.proxy.http_port should be integer (no quotes should be used) and network.proxy.type should be set as 1 (ProxyType.MANUAL, Manual proxy settings)

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setPreference("network.proxy.type", 1);
profile.setPreference("network.proxy.http", "localhost");
profile.setPreference("network.proxy.http_port", 3128);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

I just had fun with this issue for a couple of days and it was hard for me to find an answer for HTTPS, so here's my take, for Java:

    FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
    profile.setPreference("network.proxy.type", 1);
    profile.setPreference("network.proxy.http", "proxy.domain.example.com");
    profile.setPreference("network.proxy.http_port", 8080);
    profile.setPreference("network.proxy.ssl", "proxy.domain.example.com");
    profile.setPreference("network.proxy.ssl_port", 8080);
    driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

Gotchas here: enter just the domain and not http://proxy.domain.example.com, the property name is .ssl and not .https

I'm now having even more fun trying to get it to accept my self signed certificates...

Just to add to the above given solutions.,

Adding the list of possibilities (integer values) for the "network.proxy.type".

0 - Direct connection (or) no proxy. 

1 - Manual proxy configuration

2 - Proxy auto-configuration (PAC).

4 - Auto-detect proxy settings.

5 - Use system proxy settings.

So, Based on our requirement, the "network.proxy.type" value should be set as mentioned below.

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setPreference("network.proxy.type", 1);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

The WebDriver API has been changed. The current snippet for setting the proxy is

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setPreference("network.proxy.http", "localhost");
profile.setPreference("network.proxy.http_port", "3128");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

In case if you have an autoconfig URL -

        FirefoxProfile firefoxProfile = new FirefoxProfile();
        firefoxProfile.setPreference("network.proxy.type", 2);
        firefoxProfile.setPreference("network.proxy.autoconfig_url", "http://www.etc.com/wpad.dat");
        firefoxProfile.setPreference("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost");
        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(firefoxProfile);

Here's a java example using DesiredCapabilities. I used it for pumping selenium tests into jmeter. (was only interested in HTTP requests)

import org.openqa.selenium.Proxy;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;

String myProxy = "localhost:7777";  //example: proxy host=localhost port=7777
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.PROXY,
                           new Proxy().setHttpProxy(myProxy));
WebDriver webDriver = new FirefoxDriver(capabilities);

For PAC based urls

 Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
 proxy.setProxyType(Proxy.ProxyType.PAC);
 proxy.setProxyAutoconfigUrl("http://some-server/staging.pac");
 DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
 capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.PROXY, proxy);
 return new FirefoxDriver(capabilities);

I hope this could help.

Firefox Proxy: JAVA

String PROXY = "localhost:8080";

org.openqa.selenium.Proxy proxy = new org.openqa.selenium.Proxy();

proxy.setHttpProxy(PROXY)setFtpProxy(PROXY).setSslProxy(PROXY);

DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities();

cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.PROXY, proxy); 

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(cap);

There is another solution, i looked for because a had problems with code like this (it s set the system proxy in firefox):

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setPreference("network.proxy.http", "localhost");
profile.setPreference("network.proxy.http_port", "8080");
driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

I prefer this solution, it force the proxy manual setting in firefox. To do that, use the org.openqa.selenium.Proxy object to setup Firefox :

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
localhostProxy.setProxyType(Proxy.ProxyType.MANUAL);
localhostProxy.setHttpProxy("localhost:8080");
profile.setProxyPreferences(localhostProxy);
driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

if it could help...

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
String PROXY = "xx.xx.xx.xx:xx";
OpenQA.Selenium.Proxy proxy = new OpenQA.Selenium.Proxy();
proxy.HttpProxy=PROXY;
proxy.FtpProxy=PROXY;
proxy.SslProxy=PROXY;
profile.SetProxyPreferences(proxy);
FirefoxDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

It is for C#

Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> Connection (Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet)

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