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WebDriver Tutorial – How to Open a Browser With Extensions

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In this WebDriver tutorial we look at how we can use WebDriver to open Chrome and FireFox browsers with extensions using ChromeOptions and FirefoxProfile.

Open Chrome Browser With Extensions

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;

import java.io.File;

public class Tutorials {

    WebDriver driver;

    public void openChromwWithExtensions() {
        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        options.addExtensions(new File("src\test\resources\extensions\extension.crx"));
        driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
    }
}

This will open a Chrome browser with the specified extension.

Open FireFox Browser with Extensions

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Tutorials {

    WebDriver driver;

    public void openFireFoxWithFirebug() {
        String firebugFilePath = "C:\FF_addons\firebug.xpi";
        FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
        try {
            profile.addExtension(new File(firebugFilePath));
// Add more FF addons if required
        } catch (IOException err) {

        }
        driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);
    }
}

This will open FireFox Browser with Firebug addon.

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