how-to use addCustomRequestHeader properly

Question

I\'m trying to add headers into my HTTP request for a particular test case. That\'s very important since I\'m trying to test an application meant to be used in

Answer 1

You need to make sure that you're using Selenium as a proxy server. I've written up an article on how to use addCustomRequestHeader in order to support basic authentication. You should be able to extrapolate the relevant portions (note I used Ruby, but it maps to other languages just as well):

http://mogotest.com/blog/2010/06/23/how-to-perform-basic-auth-in-selenium

One thing you very much need to be aware of is that there is no way to remove the request header. It's always additive and it's added for every request. If you need to use different headers, you'll need to restart the Selenium server.

Answer 2

I started out in a different place than you, but then ended up with the same result as you; "How do I add a request header to selenium". I know it's been a while since you posted your original question, so this is for anyone that is looking for the answer in Java. Here is some code I came up with to add request headers to your selenium request in JAVA:

public class MyTestCase extends SeleneseTestCase {

@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
    selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*firefox", "http://localhost");
    selenium.start("addCustomRequestHeaders=true");
    selenium.open("/");
}


@Test
public void testMyTestCase() {
    selenium.addCustomRequestHeader("HEADER_NAME", "HEADER_VALUE");
    //header "HEADER_NAME", with "HEADER_VALUE" is now in your request
    selenium.click("link=Hello World");
}

}

Update You will also have to start your selenium server with the ' -addCustomRequestHeader' input variable. For example:

%java_home%\bin\java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.25.0.jar -addCustomRequestHeader