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I can't set a default profile for Firefox in Selenium Webdriver 3 because there is no such constructor in the FirefoxDriver class.

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.ProfilesIni; import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod; import org.testng.annotations.Test; public class SeleniumStartTest { @Test public void seleniumFirefox() { System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Users\\FirefoxDriver\\geckodriver.exe"); ProfilesIni profileIni = new ProfilesIni(); FirefoxProfile profile = profileIni.getProfile("default"); WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile); driver.get("http://www.google.com"); } }

Compile error in Java code: Java Code

Maven pom.xml dependencies: Selenium 3.14.0

Firefox version: Firefox version 62.0.2

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    You should create a FirefoxOptions object to set the profile. FirefoxOptions fo = new FirefoxOptions(); fo.setProfile(profile); WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(fo); Commented Sep 23, 2018 at 9:08
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    Ok, it works. The project runs without compile or runtime exceptions, but Firefox has been opening for 2 minutes, why so much time? Maybe there is any other solution. Because without this profile settings, the project starts in 10 sec. Commented Sep 23, 2018 at 9:23
  • @VladyslavKuhivchak : Ideally it should start in 10 sec. What all are you loading in profile ? Commented Sep 24, 2018 at 5:40

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As you are using Selenium 3.14.0 as per the FirefoxDriver Class the valid constructors are:

  • FirefoxDriver()
  • FirefoxDriver(FirefoxOptions options)
  • FirefoxDriver(GeckoDriverService service)
  • FirefoxDriver(GeckoDriverService service, FirefoxOptions options)
  • FirefoxDriver(XpiDriverService service)
  • FirefoxDriver(XpiDriverService service, FirefoxOptions options)

So, as per your code attempts the following is not a valid option to invoke FirefoxDriver()

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

Solution

To invoke invoke FirefoxDriver() with the default profile you need to use the setProfile(profile) method to set the FirefoxProfile through an instance of FirefoxOptions() and you can use the following code block:

  • Code Block:

    import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.ProfilesIni; import org.testng.annotations.Test; public class A_FirefoxProfile { @Test public void seleniumFirefox() { System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:/Utility/BrowserDrivers/geckodriver.exe"); ProfilesIni profileIni = new ProfilesIni(); FirefoxProfile profile = profileIni.getProfile("default"); FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions(); options.setProfile(profile); WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(options); driver.get("http://www.google.com"); System.out.println(driver.getTitle()); } }

  • Console Output:

    [RemoteTestNG] detected TestNG version 6.14.2 1537775040906 geckodriver INFO geckodriver 0.20.1 1537775040923 geckodriver INFO Listening on 127.0.0.1:28133 Sep 24, 2018 1:14:30 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession INFO: Detected dialect: W3C Google PASSED: seleniumFirefox =============================================== Default test Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Skips: 0 =============================================== =============================================== Default suite Total tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Skips: 0 ===============================================
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I get a null from ´profileIni.getProfile("default");´
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move your setup to @BeforeClass

I'm using this setup, works just fine:

@BeforeClass public static void setUpClass() { FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions(); ProfilesIni allProfiles = new ProfilesIni(); FirefoxProfile selenium_profile = allProfiles.getProfile("selenium_profile"); options.setProfile(selenium_profile); options.setBinary("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"); System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Users\\pburgr\\Desktop\\geckodriver-v0.20.0-win64\\geckodriver.exe"); driver = new FirefoxDriver(options); driver.manage().window().maximize();}

just change paths and profile designation.

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´new ProfilesIni()´ seems to have an empty HashMap. Also logically not clear, how this should know from Firefox Profiles
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Essentially you pass the profile folder, not a profile name like ´default´

File profileFolder = new File("..."); // Location according to firefox profile settings FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions(); FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile(profileFolder); options.setProfile(profile); WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(options);

As already mentionned in comments, the setup takes about 30 seconds.

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