Start safari with extension using safariDriver in selenium

Question

I want to start my browser with my extensions. In chrome I can use the chromeOptions as in code sample below. Firefox works in a similar way.

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addExtensions(new File("/path/to/extension.crx"));

However in Safari there is no addExtensions method. What is the correct way to do this with Safari?

Answer 1

This might help. https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/SafariDriver

I found that if you want to open another safari extension inside safari, you have to do it from the safari browser itself. https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/SafariDriver-Internals#building-the-safaridriver

So basically:

1. Sign up for Apple's (free) Safari Developer Program and generate a signed certificate for the extension.
2. Build the SafariDriver extension: $ ./go safari
3. Install the extension:
4. Launch Safari
5. Enable the Develop menu (Preferences > Advanced > Show Develop menu in menu bar)
6. Open the Extension Builder (Develop > Show Extension Builder)
7. Add a new extension: $SELENIUM_CLIENT/build/javascript/safari-driver/SafariDriver.safariextension
8. Click Install