Configuration

Here you can find descriptions, examples and use cases for all global QTAF settings.

driver

The driver settings are essential for the web driver to properly interact with your application.

options

A list of browser options to pass to the web driver on instantiation.

Environment variable

DRIVER_OPTIONS

Type

string[]

Example

QTAF JSONEnvironment variable

"driver": {
  "options": [
    "--headless",
    "--disable-gpu",
    "--ignore-certificate-errors",
    "--disable-extensions",
    "--no-sandbox",
    "--disable-dev-shm-usage"
  ]
}

DRIVER_OPTIONS="[--headless, --disable-gpu, --ignore-certificate-errors, --disable-extensions, --no-sandbox, --disable-dev-shm-usage]"

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capabilities

A capabilities object to pass to the web driver on instantiation.

Environment variable

DRIVER_CAPABILITIES

Type

JSON object

Example

QTAF JSONEnvironment variable

"driver": {
  "capabilities": {
    "acceptInsecureCerts": true,
    "elementScrollBehavior": 1,
    "customCapability": [42, "yes", false]
  }
}

DRIVER_CAPABILITIES="{acceptInsecureCerts: true, elementScrollBehavior: 1, customCapability: [42, yes, false]}"

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preferences

Additional browser preferences to pass to the web driver options on instantiation.

Info

These preferences will be passed to the driver options as follows:

• Chromium: as experimental options
• Firefox: as a firefox profile

Environment variable

DRIVER_PREFERENCES

Type

JSON object

Example

QTAF JSONEnvironment variable

The following will set the download directory in Chromium-based browsers to /home/me/downloads.

"driver": {
  "preferences": {
    "prefs": {
      "download.default_directory": "/home/me/downloads"
    }
  }
}

DRIVER_PREFERENCES="{prefs: {download.default_directory: /home/me/downloads}}"

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