DVLA::Browser::Drivers
DVLA-Browser-Drivers is a gem that has pre-configured browser drivers that you can use out-of-the-box for the development of your application.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'dvla-browser-drivers'
And then execute:
$ bundle install
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install dvla-browser-drivers
Usage
Once installed, you are able to use any pre-configured browser driver from the list below:
Selenium drivers
| Driver | Usage |
|---|---|
| selenium_chrome | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.selenium_chrome |
| headless_selenium_chrome | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.headless_selenium_chrome |
| selenium_edge | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.selenium_edge |
| headless_selenium_edge | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.headless_selenium_edge |
| selenium_firefox | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.selenium_firefox |
| headless_selenium_firefox | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.headless_selenium_firefox |
Non-selenium drivers
| Driver | Usage |
|---|---|
| cuprite | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.cuprite |
| headless_cuprite | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.headless_cuprite |
| apparition | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.apparition |
| headless_apparition | DVLA::Browser::Drivers.headless_apparition |
Default configuration
| Driver | Configuration |
|---|---|
| selenium_chrome, selenium_edge, selenium_firefox | --disable-dev-shm-usage |
| headless_ |
--headless --no-sandbox |
| cuprite, apparition | { 'no-sandbox': nil, disable-smooth-scrolling: true } |
Additional configuration
| Option | Description | supported-browsers |
|---|---|---|
| remote: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub' | Allows you to talk to a remote browser | firefox |
| additional_arguments: ['window-size=1400,1920'] | Pass additional arguments to the driver Supported switches: https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/ |
chrome, edge, firefox |
| additional_preferences: [' |
Pass additional preferences to the driver Documentation: https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/docs/api/rb/Selenium/WebDriver/Chromium/Options.html#add_preference-instance_method |
chrome, edge, firefox |
| additional_arguments: { 'option': value, 'option': value } | Pass additional arguments to the driver Supported switched: https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/cuprite/ |
cuprite, apparition |
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can
also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the
version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version,
push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.