dvla-browser-drivers

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

Chromium switches

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

Cuprite Documentation Selenium Additional Preferences Documentation

Option	Driver	Usage	Description
remote	Selenium, Cuprite, Apparition	selenium_chrome(remote: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub')	Allows you to talk to a remote browser
additional_arguments	Selenium	selenium_chrome(additional_arguments: ['window-size=1400,1920']	Pass additional arguments to the driver
additional_preferences	Selenium	selenium_chrome(additional_preferences: [{'download.default_directory': '<download_path>'}] )	Pass additional preferences to the driver
timeout	Cuprite, Apparition	cuprite(timeout: 60 )	Sets the default timeout for the driver
save_path	Cuprite, Apparition	cuprite(save_path: 'File.expand_path('./somewhere')' )	Tells the browser where to store downloads
browser_options	Cuprite, Apparition	cuprite(browser_options: { option: value, option: value })	Pass additional options to the browser

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.