Wednesday 22 February 2023

How to handle --ignore-certificate-errors in selenium?

In Selenium WebDriver, you can use the --ignore-certificate-errors option to ignore SSL certificate errors in ChromeDriver. This option tells ChromeDriver to ignore any SSL certificate errors that occur while navigating to a website.

Here's an example :

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;

public class IgnoreCertificateErrors {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Create ChromeOptions object

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();

// Add the --ignore-certificate-errors option to the ChromeOptions object

options.addArguments("--ignore-certificate-errors");

// Set system property for ChromeDriver

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path/to/chromedriver");

// Create ChromeDriver instance with options

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

// Navigate to website with SSL certificate error

driver.get("https://example.com");

// Continue with the website despite the SSL certificate error

// Close the driver

driver.quit();

}

In this example, we create a ChromeOptions object and add the --ignore-certificate-errors option to it using the addArguments method. We then create a ChromeDriver instance with the options and navigate to a website with an SSL certificate error. The --ignore-certificate-errors option allows the browser to continue despite the error.

To calculate Test Estimation, check the link below:
Automation Test Estimation

What are the Types of APIs ?

Gmail Automation with Cypress & JavaScript

*******************************************************************

For any doubts or career guidance, reach out to me

https://topmate.io/sidharth_shukla

********************************************************************

Do remember that knowing Linux is one of the most important aspect to work as an SDET.

Basic Linux Commands for Automation QA