Capybara use Internet Explorer as browser rather than Firefox

Question

Hi is it possible to tell Capybara to use IE instead of always defaulting to Firefox?

I have to write some automated tests but the business only supports Internet Explorer so I need the tests to be run on this browser.

Thanks.

Answer 1

As marc_s suggested in the comments, you could try making IE the default browser on your test machine.

I also see some google hits about using Capybara with Selenium (remote control).

If you're interested, check the Selenium docs for how to specify the browser.

Edit It seems the tutorial I posted before was Rack-only. Not sure, but maybe this will work instead:

http://www.johng.co.uk/2010/10/13/run_capybara_and_cucumber_features_in_internet_explorer_on_remote_windows/

Capybara.app_host = "http://192.168.1.37:3000"
Capybara.default_driver = :selenium
Capybara.register_driver :selenium do |app|
  Capybara::Driver::Selenium.new(app,
    :browser => :remote,
    :url => "http://192.168.1.127:4444/wd/hub",
    :desired_capabilities => :internet_explorer)
end

It still requires Selenium.

Edit 2:

If you get this error:

Capybara::TimeoutError: failed to resynchronize, ajax request timed out

Then try adding this code to features/step_definitions/mydefiniation.rb:

Before do
  page.driver.options[:resynchronize] = false
end

See this question about that specific problem: Using Capybara for AJAX integration tests