Testing with Chrome Extensions

[Ryan]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone figured out how to enable a Chrome extension for use in Nightwatch.js? 

My goal is to have this extension enabled while running tests:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gotomeeting-pro-screensha/gcgikpombjkodabhbdalkcdhmllafipp/details

No special interaction with the extension is needed.

There are great guides for doing this in Selenium and Java (https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/capabilities)

Does Nightwatch.js support this?

Thanks!

[James Eisenhauer]

I need to do this now as well.  Is it possible?

jim

[Daniel Rinehart]

Based on the page that you linked to, I would guess, you just need to add additional flags to the chromeOptions object in your nightwatch configuration. For example this uses the args block to launch full screen. Using the "extensions" key might be worth a try.

"chrome": {

  "desiredCapabilities": {

    "browserName": "chrome",

    "javascriptEnabled": true,

    "acceptSslCerts": true,

    "chromeOptions": {

      "args": ["start-fullscreen"]

    }

  }

},

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[James Eisenhauer_work]

thanks

I am able to get this to work, but I have to use the full path, which I need to make dynamic.  I have been trying to put this into the nightwatch.conf.js file but everything I do gives me unable to parse chromeOptions.

example one method i tried 

settings.test_settings.default.desiredCapabilities.chromeOptions = "{ args: [ '--load-extension=/Users/jeisenha/Documents/workspace/demowebsite/utils/chrome-ext' ] }";

 "chromeOptions": {

                   "args": ["--load-extension=/Users/jeisenha/Documents/workspace/demowebsite/utils/chrome-ext"]

                }

            }

On Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 12:28:50 AM UTC-7, Ryan wrote:

[Daniel Rinehart]

Try removing the leading "--", when using chromeOptions they are not used.

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[James Eisenhauer_work]

Giving it a hard coded URL to the extensions worked for me with the dash.

Dynamic URL I figured out.  It has to be an object that you pass in the nightwatch.json.js file.

var ext_var = "args": ["--load-extension=.full/path/to/chrome_ext"]}';

settings.test_settings.default.desiredCapabilities.chromeOptions = JSON.parse(ext_var);

[Rita]

Hi guys,

Did it work?

Did u manage to add chrome extensions to your nightwatch?

Thanks

[Jens Gellynck]

Hi Rita,

I managed to get an extension to work, this is the config I used: (same as James wrote above)

"desiredCapabilities": {

        "browserName": "chrome",

        "javascriptEnabled" : true,

        "acceptSslCerts" : true,

         "chromeOptions": {

                   "args": ["--load-extension=/home/jens/.config/google-chrome/Default/Extensions/laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca/0.91.5_0/"]

        }

      }

This is on an Ubuntu machine so the path may be different on your machine depending on your operating system.

Also note I used the path of my actual chrome browser, but you can also download the extension-package and use that path.

Then I accessed my extension using the url: chrome-extension://laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca/dashboard.html

I hope this may help you.

Op dinsdag 21 juni 2016 13:38:31 UTC+2 schreef Rita:

[Rita]

Hi Jens,

Thanks for your reply. 

I will try.