Webdriver and proxy server for firefox

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.

Answer 1

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...

Answer 2

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);

Answer 3

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); 

Answer 4

According to the latest documentation

from selenium import webdriver

PROXY = "<HOST:PORT>"
webdriver.DesiredCapabilities.FIREFOX['proxy'] = {
    "httpProxy": PROXY,
    "ftpProxy": PROXY,
    "sslProxy": PROXY,
    "proxyType": "MANUAL",

}

with webdriver.Firefox() as driver:
    # Open URL
    driver.get("https://selenium.dev")

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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);