getFirefoxProfile function

Get Firefox profile.

getFirefoxProfile

A utility function to get a firefox profile.

getFirefoxProfile(profDir, useBase = TRUE)

Arguments

• profDir: The directory in which the firefox profile resides
• useBase: Logical indicating whether to attempt to use zip from utils package. Maybe easier for Windows users.

Detail

A firefox profile directory is zipped and base64 encoded. It can then be passed to the selenium server as a required capability with key firefox_profile

Examples

## Not run:

fprof <- getFirefoxProfile("~/.mozilla/firefox/9qlj1ofd.testprofile")
remDr <- remoteDriver(extraCapabilities = fprof)
remDr$open()
## End(Not run)