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How to Set capability for IE browser to run in Headless mode

I want to run the scripts in Headless mode for all the 3 browsers Chrome, Firefox & IE

The following is the code for Chrome:

   System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "./drive/chromedriver.exe");

    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();

    options.addArguments("headless");

    options.addArguments("window-size=1400,600");

    WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

    driver.get("http://www.google.com/");

Note : Its working fine

Firefox:

    FirefoxBinary firefoxBinary = new FirefoxBinary();

    firefoxBinary.addCommandLineOptions("--headless");

    System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "./drive/geckodriver.exe");

    FirefoxOptions firefoxOptions = new FirefoxOptions();

    firefoxOptions.setBinary(firefoxBinary);

    FirefoxDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(firefoxOptions);

     driver.get("http://www.google.com/");

Note : Its working fine

IE:

Similarly i want to execute in IE with options

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Vijay Avatar asked Oct 09 '17 11:10

Vijay


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1 Answers

IE does not have support for a headless mode (since IE nowadays does not recieve any kind of update or improvements.).

But you can use trifle.js, a kind of browser that can emulate some IE versions in a headless mode, since its coded as a port of PhantomJS.

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Striter Alfa Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 23:09

Striter Alfa