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
chrome	`DVLA::Browser::Drivers.chrome`
headless_chrome	`DVLA::Browser::Drivers.headless_chrome`
edge	`DVLA::Browser::Drivers.edge`
headless_edge	`DVLA::Browser::Drivers.headless_edge`
firefox	`DVLA::Browser::Drivers.firefox`
headless_firefox	`DVLA::Browser::Drivers.headless_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
chrome, edge, 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_options: ['window-size=1400,1920']	Pass additional options to the driver Supported switches: https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/	chrome, edge, firefox
additional_preferences: [{'download.default_directory': '<download_path>'}]	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_options: { 'option': value, 'option': value }	Pass additional options 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.