Proxy in Selenium

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How to set Proxy in Firefox using Selenium

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What is Proxy?

A proxy server acts as an intermediary for requests between a client and a server. In simple terms, the traffic flows through the proxy server on its way to the address you requested and back.

A proxy server for automation scripts with Selenium could be helpful for:

  • Capture network traffic
  • Mock backend calls made by the website
  • Access the required website under complex network topologies or strict corporate restrictions/policies.

1. Create an instance of FirefoxOptions

FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();

2. Set the desired preferences or proxy configuration

Create an instance of ChromeOptions and set the proxy:

options.addPreference("network.proxy.type", 1);
options.addPreference("network.proxy.http", proxyAddress);
options.addPreference("network.proxy.http_port", proxyPort);

Replace “proxyAddress” with your actual proxy address and “proxyPort“ with the appropriate port number.

 network.proxy.type is a preference that determines the type of proxy being used. It is a configuration option that can be set to different values to specify the proxy type.

The possible values for network.proxy.type are:

– 0: Direct connection (no proxy)
– 1: Manual proxy configuration
– 2: Proxy auto-configuration (PAC)
– 4: Auto-detect proxy settings

Launch Firefox WebDriver with the configured options:

driver = new FirefoxDriver(options);

The complete program is mentioned below:

package org.example;

import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions;

public class FireFoxProxyDemo {


    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Set the proxy server details
        String proxyAddress = "localhost";
        int proxyPort = 8080;
        FirefoxDriver driver;

        // Create an instance of `FirefoxOptions` and set the proxy configuration
        FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();
        options.addPreference("network.proxy.type", 1);
        options.addPreference("network.proxy.http", proxyAddress);
        options.addPreference("network.proxy.http_port", proxyPort);

        // Instantiate FireFox Driver with the configured options
         driver = new FirefoxDriver(options);

        // Perform your browsing actions using the driver
        driver.get("https://www.google.com");
        System.out.println("Page Title :" + driver.getTitle());

        // Close the browser session
        driver.quit();
    }
}

The output of the above program is

That’s it! Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!!

vibssingh

How to set Proxy in Chrome using Selenium

HOME

What is Proxy?

A proxy server acts as an intermediary for requests between a client and a server. In simple terms, the traffic flows through the proxy server on its way to the address you requested and back.

A proxy server for automation scripts with Selenium could be helpful for:

  • Capture network traffic
  • Mock backend calls made by the website
  • Access the required website under complex network topologies or strict corporate restrictions/policies.

1. Setting up Proxy using Selenium

Create an instance of Proxy and set the proxy configuration:

     // Set the proxy server details
        String proxyAddress = "proxy.example";
        int proxyPort = 8080;

        // Create a Proxy object and set the HTTP proxy details
        Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
        proxy.setHttpProxy(proxyAddress + ":" + proxyPort);

Replace “your_proxy_address” with the actual proxy address and “port” with the appropriate port number.

setHttpProxy – Specify which proxy to use for HTTP connections

2. Configure Chrome options with the Proxy object

Create an instance of ChromeOptions and set the proxy:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setProxy(proxy);

Launch Chrome WebDriver with the configured options:

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

The complete program is mentioned below:

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

public class ProxyDemo {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Set the proxy server details
        String proxyAddress = "localhost";
        int proxyPort = 8080;

        // Create a Proxy object and set the HTTP proxy details
        Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
        proxy.setHttpProxy(proxyAddress + ":" + proxyPort);

        // Configure Chrome options with the Proxy object
        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        options.setProxy(proxy);
        options.addArguments("start-maximized");

        // Instantiate ChromeDriver with the configured options
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);


        // Perform your browsing actions using the driver
        driver.get("https://www.google.com");
        System.out.println("Page Title :" + driver.getTitle());

        // Close the browser session
        driver.quit();
    }
}

The output of the above program is