webdriver.firefox.profile - using a custom profile for firefox in Jmeter

[Shailaja Srinivasan]

I have a need to use a custom FF profile for my jmeter-webdriver tests. I have been trying to use the webdriver.firefox.profile system property but its not working. Is this not implemented? if it is - please guide me on the usage.

Thanks

Shy

[gli...@gmail.com]

How do you set the property? Correct ways are:

1. Add the next line to system.properties file (lives under /bin folder of your JMeter installation
   
   webdriver.firefox.profile=profilename
   
   
   
2. Set it as a command line argument via -D key as
   jmeter -Dwebdriver.firefox.profile=profilename
   
   

If the property is not set, a brand new profile will be created. 

Make sure that you use correct profile name, not path to profile directory. 

Existing profiles information is stored in profiles.ini file which lives under %APPDATA%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox on Windows or under ~/.mozilla/firefox on Linux/Unix systems so if you forgot your profile name or have a lot of profiles you can check this file contents

[General]

StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]

Name=default

IsRelative=1

Path=pfrf2aom.default

[Profile1]

Name=webex

IsRelative=0

Path=/opt/webex/firefox

[Profile2]

Name=webdriversampler

IsRelative=0

Path=///tmp/testprofile

Default=1

Given "webdriversampler" is the profile name you want to use set property as 

webdriver.firefox.profile=webdriversampler

 

References:

• Information about the Firefox Driver
• How to create profile in Firefox using selenium web driver
• Apache JMeter Properties Customization Guide 
  

[Shailaja Srinivasan]

Thanks for your reply. I tried the option that you have mentioned.

1. specifying a valid firefox profile in system.properties for WEBDRIVER.FIREFOX.PROFILE. this property seems to be ignored and the firefox driver that is part of jmeter always starts a new anonymous profile. I tried WEBDRIVER.FIREFOX.BIN to set the firefox path and that is properly recognized and used

I wonder if the Jmeter-Webdriver-firefoxdriver(as bundled with jmeter-plugins) does not support a firefox custom profile

[Cheen-Pin Lim]

I might have to look into this use case as I've added the ability to switch user agents in the latest release. This is done by creating a Firefox profile behind the scenes. I'll test this scenario to see if it is still compatible with the latest version.

Regards
CP

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[dewakkere...@gmail.com]

Here same issue, i tried Set it as a command line argument via -D key as you specified, but it's not loading the profile I want (the default profile I've setup properly)

I need this caus it's the only option for me to start a test, ie by disabling a java security check and setting the plugin.state.java from 1 to 2 in advanced firefox profile.  

[Andrey Pohilko]

The latest changes for firefox config allows to load extensions and set preferences. WIll this be enough to set up your profile?

To try it, please download latest developer snapshot.

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[dewakkere...@gmail.com]

Hmm I can try that but it's hard to try I'm still using ff 28 becuase it's the only one working in my current JMETER setup! I can configure FF as I want, just I cannot load it in JMETER using jmeter -Dwebdriver.firefox.profile=profilename

[eprocurem...@gmail.com]

Now I understand what you mean with 'developer snapshot'! Thanks. It's not working because where I am now, security blocks me from changing the parameters extensions.blocklist.enabled and plugin.state.java. Can I change the default jmeter profile?

[ashish...@gmail.com]

Hi Shailaja,

Were you able to resolve this? 

Thanks,

Ashish