Axios HTTP Proxy

Connecting to a Selenium Hub via a corporate proxy can be challenging, as the proxy may require authentication or have specific settings that need to be configured. To connect to the Selenium Hub through a corporate proxy, you'll need to configure the proxy settings in your Selenium client and Hub.

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to set up a Selenium Hub and client with corporate proxy settings:

Configure the Selenium Hub:

First, you need to configure the Selenium Hub to use the corporate proxy. You can do this by modifying the Hub's configuration file (usually hub.yml or hub.json) and adding the proxy settings.

For example, if you're using the hub.yml file, add the following configuration:

proxy:
  type: http
  httpProxy: http://username:[email protected]:port
  nonProxyHosts: localhost, 127.0.0.1, .example.com

Replace username, password, proxy.example.com, and port with the appropriate values for your corporate proxy. The nonProxyHosts setting specifies a list of hosts that should not use the proxy.

Configure the Selenium client:

Next, configure the Selenium client to use the corporate proxy. You can do this by setting the proxy settings in your WebDriver configuration.

For example, in Python with the Chrome WebDriver, you can configure the proxy as follows:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.common.proxy import Proxy, ProxyType

proxy = Proxy()
proxy.proxy_type = ProxyType.MANUAL
proxy.http_proxy = "http://username:[email protected]:port"
proxy.ssl_proxy = "http://username:[email protected]:port"

chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--proxy-server=%s" % proxy.proxy)

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
driver.get('your_url')

# Rest of your code

driver.quit()

Replace username, password, proxy.example.com, and port with the appropriate values for your corporate proxy.

Start the Selenium Hub and connect the client:

Start the Selenium Hub and connect the client to the Hub using the appropriate configuration settings.

For example, if you're using the hub.yml file, start the Hub with the following command:

selenium-server-standalone jar hub.yml

Connect the client to the Hub using the appropriate configuration settings. For example, in Python, you can connect the client to the Hub as follows:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.remote.webdriver import WebDriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities

desired_caps = DesiredCapabilities.CHROME
desired_caps['proxy'] = {
    'httpProxy': 'http://username:[email protected]:port',
    'ftpProxy': 'http://username:[email protected]:port',
}

driver = WebDriver(desired_caps=desired_caps)
driver.get('your_url')

# Rest of your code

driver.quit()

Replace username, password, proxy.example.com, and port with the appropriate values for your corporate proxy.

By following these steps, you should be able to connect to a Selenium Hub via a corporate proxy and use the Selenium client to interact with webpages.

To run GUI autotests in GitLab CI\CD using Docker, Selenium, and PyTest, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a .gitlab-ci.yml file in the root directory of your project. This file will define the pipeline and the jobs for your CI\CD process.

2. Configure the pipeline to use the appropriate image for your tests. In this case, you can use a Python image with the required dependencies installed.

3. Define the before_script section to set up the environment for the tests, including installing the necessary packages and downloading the required drivers for Selenium.

4. Define the test job to run the PyTest tests using the Selenium WebDriver.

Here's an example of a .gitlab-ci.yml file:

stages:
  - test

variables:
  SELENIUM_CHROME_DRIVER: '102.0.5005.62'
  SELENIUM_FIREFOX_DRIVER: '0.26.0'

image: python:3.8

cache:
  paths:
    - .venv
    - requirements.txt

before_script:
  - apt-get update -qq
  - apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
      build-essential \
      wget \
      xvfb \
      xvfb-run
  - pip install --upgrade pip
  - pip install --quiet --upgrade pytest
  - pip install --quiet selenium
  - pip install --quiet webdriver-manager
  - wget https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/download/v${SELENIUM_CHROME_DRIVER}/chromedriver_linux64.zip
  - unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip chromedriver
  - wget https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/download/v${SELENIUM_FIREFOX_DRIVER}/geckodriver-v${SELENIUM_FIREFOX_DRIVER}
  - mv geckodriver-v${SELENIUM_FIREFOX_DRIVER} geckodriver

test:
  stage: test
  script:
    - pytest tests/
  tags:
    - selenium
  artifacts:
    reports:
      - html
  only:
    - master
    - merge_requests

This .gitlab-ci.yml file defines a single stage called test that runs the PyTest tests in the tests/ directory. The before_script section installs the necessary dependencies, downloads the Selenium WebDriver for Chrome and Firefox, and sets up the environment for running the tests.

The tags: - selenium line ensures that the job runs on a runner with the selenium tag, which should have the appropriate Selenium WebDriver installed. The artifacts: reports: - html line enables the generation of HTML reports for the test results.

The only: - master - merge_requests line specifies that the tests should be run on every commit to the master branch and on every merge request.

Once you've set up the .gitlab-ci.yml file, commit and push it to your repository. Then, create a new merge request or push to the master branch to trigger the CI\CD pipeline and run the GUI autotests using Docker, Selenium, and PyTest.

A proxy server is a kind of "mediator" between your equipment and a remote server (or the whole Internet). It can be used, for example, to swap your real IP address for another one, to bypass blocking. Proxies can also be actively used to intercept traffic (e.g. when testing created web applications).

In Windows, proxy settings for local connections are made through the "Network and Sharing Center" (from the "Control Panel"). You need to select "Browser Properties", then go to "Connections" and click on "Network Setting". And there you can set either the script or the parameters for the proxy.

It means that the address of such a server changes periodically. This is useful if the user wants to be as anonymous as possible when surfing the web.