NAME
Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
VERSION
Version 0.27
SYNOPSIS
use Firefox::Marionette();
use v5.10;
my $firefox = Firefox::Marionette->new()->go('https://metacpan.org/');
$firefox->find_element('//input[@id="search-input"]')->send_keys('Test::More');
my $file_handle = $firefox->selfie(highlights => [ $firefox->find_element('//button[@name="lucky"]') ])
$firefox->find_element('//button[@name="lucky"]')->click();
say $firefox->page_source();
$firefox->install('/full/path/to/gnu_terry_pratchett-0.4-an+fx.xpi');DESCRIPTION
This is a client module to automate the Mozilla Firefox browser via the Marionette protocol
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
new
accepts an optional hash as a parameter. Allowed keys are below;
firefox_binary - use the specified path to the Firefox binary, rather than the default path.
capabilities - use the supplied capabilities object, for example to set whether the browser should accept insecure certs
profile_name - pick a specific existing profile to automate, rather than creating a new profile. Note that firefox refuses to allow more than one instance of a profile to run at the same time. Profile names can be obtained by using the Firefox::Marionette::Profile::names() method. NOTE: firefox ignores any changes made to the profile on the disk while it is running.
profile - create a new profile based on the supplied profile. NOTE: firefox ignores any changes made to the profile on the disk while it is running.
debug - should firefox's debug to be available via STDERR. This defaults to "0".
addons - should any firefox extensions and themes be available in this session. This defaults to "0".
visible - should firefox be visible on the desktop. This defaults to "0".
This method returns a new Firefox::Marionette object, connected to an instance of firefox. In a non MacOS/Win32/Cygwin environment, if necessary (no DISPLAY variable can be found and visible has been set to true) and possible (Xvfb can be executed successfully), this method will also automatically start an Xvfb instance.
go
Navigates the current browsing context to the given URI and waits for the document to load or the session's page timeout duration to elapse before returning. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods
uri
returns the current URI of current top level browsing context for Desktop. It is equivalent to the javascript 'document.location.href'
title
returns the current title of the window.
find_element
returns the first element in the current browsing context that matches the search parameters supplied;
the first parameter is a scalar search value. This can be an xpath expression such as
//button[@name="foo"]to find all button elements that have a 'name' of 'foo'.the second optional parameter is a scalar search strategy. This defaults to 'xpath'
This method is subject to the implicit timeout.
find_elements
returns the elements in the current browsing context that match the search parameters supplied;
the first parameter is a scalar search value. This can be an xpath expression such as
//button[@name="foo"]to find all button elements that have a 'name' of 'foo'.the second optional parameter is a scalar search strategy. This defaults to 'xpath'
This method is subject to the implicit timeout.
css
accepts an element as the first parameter and a scalar CSS property name as the second parameter. It returns the value of the computed style for that property.
attribute
accepts an element as the first parameter and a scalar attribute name as the second parameter. It returns the initial value of the attribute with the supplied name. This method will return the initial content, the property method will return the current content.
property
accepts an element as the first parameter and a scalar attribute name as the second parameter. It returns the current value of the property with the supplied name. This method will return the current content, the attribute method will return the initial content.
script
accepts a scalar containing a javascript function that is executed in the browser. Returns the result of the javascript function.
The executing javascript is subject to the scripts timeout.
async_script
accepts a scalar containing a javascript function that is executed in the browser. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
The executing javascript is subject to the scripts timeout.
page_source
returns the page source of the content document.
context
returns the context type that is Marionette's current target for browsing context scoped commands.
add_cookie
accepts a single cookie object as the first parameter and adds it to the current cookie jar. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
delete_cookie
deletes a single cookie by name. Accepts a scalar containing the cookie name as a parameter. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
delete_cookies
here be cookie monsters! This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
cookies
returns the contents of the cookie jar in scalar or list context.
send_keys
accepts an element as the first parameter and a string as the second parameter. It sends the string to the specified element in the current page, such as filling out a text box. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
is_displayed
accepts an element as the first parameter. This method returns true or false depending on if the element is displayed.
is_enabled
accepts an element as the first parameter. This method returns true or false depending on if the element is enabled.
is_selected
accepts an element as the first parameter. This method returns true or false depending on if the element is selected.
active_element
returns the active element of the current browsing context's document element, if the document element is non-null.
back
causes the browser to traverse one step backward in the joint history of the current browsing context. The browser will wait for the one step backward to complete or the session's page timeout duration to elapse before returning. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
forward
causes the browser to traverse one step forward in the joint history of the current browsing context. The browser will wait for the one step forward to complete or the session's page timeout duration to elapse before returning. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
active_frame
returns the current active frame if there is one in the current browsing context. Otherwise, this method returns undef.
switch_to_shadow_root
accepts an elemnet as a parameter and switches to it's shadow root
switch_to_window
accepts a window handle (either the result of window_handles or a window name as a parameter and switches focus to this window.
switch_to_frame
accepts a frame as a parameter and switches to it within the current window.
switch_to_parent_frame
set the current browsing context for future commands to the parent of the current browsing context
close_current_chrome_window_handle
closes the current chrome window (that is the entire window, not just the tabs). It returns a list of still available chrome window handles. You will need to switch_to_window to use another window.
close_current_window_handle
closes the current window/tab. It returns a list of still available window/tab handles.
full_screen
full screens the firefox window. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
minimise
minimises the firefox window. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
maximise
maximises the firefox window. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
refresh
refreshes the current page. The browser will wait for the page to completely refresh or the session's page timeout duration to elapse before returning. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
alert_text
Returns the message shown in a currently displayed modal message box
dismiss_alert
dismisses a currently displayed modal message box
accept_dialog
accepts a currently displayed modal message box
send_alert_text
sends keys to the input field of a currently displayed modal message box
capabilities
returns the capabilities of the current firefox binary
screen_orientation
returns the current browser orientation. This will be one of the valid primary orientation values 'portrait-primary', 'landscape-primary', 'portrait-secondary', or 'landscape-secondary'.
selfie
returns a File::Temp object containing a lossless PNG image screenshot. If an element is passed as a parameter, the screenshot will be restricted to the element.
If an element is not passed as a parameter and the current context is 'chrome', a screenshot of the current viewport will be returned.
If an element is not passed as a parameter and the current context is 'content', a screenshot of the current frame will be returned.
The parameters after the element parameter are taken to be a optional hash with the following allowed keys;
hash - return a SHA256 hex encoded digest of the PNG image rather than the image itself
full - take a screenshot of the whole document unless the first element parameter has been supplied.
scroll - scroll to the element supplied
highlights - a reference to a list containing elements to draw a highlight around
tag_name
accepts a Firefox::Marionette::Element object as the first parameter and returns the relevant tag name. For example 'a' or 'input'.
window_rect
accepts an optional <position and size|Firefox::Marionette::Window::Rect> as a parameter, sets the current browser window to that position and size and returns the previous position, size and state of the browser window. If no parameter is supplied, it returns the current position, size and state of the browser window.
rect
accepts a element as the first parameter and returns the current position and size of the element
text
accepts a element as the first parameter and returns the text that is contained by that element (if any)
clear
accepts a element as the first parameter and clears any user supplied input
click
accepts a element as the first parameter and sends a 'click' to it. The browser will wait for any page load to complete or the session's page timeout duration to elapse before returning.
timeouts
returns the current timeouts for page loading, searching, and scripts.
new_session
creates a new WebDriver session. It is expected that the caller performs the necessary checks on the requested capabilities to be WebDriver conforming. The WebDriver service offered by Marionette does not match or negotiate capabilities beyond type and bounds checks.
window_type
returns the current window's type. This should be 'navigator:browser'.
window_handle
returns the current window's handle. On desktop this typically corresponds to the currently selected tab. returns an opaque server-assigned identifier to this window that uniquely identifies it within this Marionette instance. This can be used to switch to this window at a later point.
window_handles
returns a list of top-level browsing contexts. On desktop this typically corresponds to the set of open tabs for browser windows, or the window itself for non-browser chrome windows. Each window handle is assigned by the server and is guaranteed unique, however the return array does not have a specified ordering.
accept_connections
Enables or disables accepting new socket connections. By calling this method with `false` the server will not accept any further connections, but existing connections will not be forcible closed. Use `true` to re-enable accepting connections.
Please note that when closing the connection via the client you can end-up in a non-recoverable state if it hasn't been enabled before.
current_chrome_window_handle
see chrome_window_handle.
chrome_window_handle
returns an server-assigned integer identifiers for the current chrome window that uniquely identifies it within this Marionette instance. This can be used to switch to this window at a later point. This corresponds to a window that may itself contain tabs.
chrome_window_handles
returns identifiers for each open chrome window for tests interested in managing a set of chrome windows and tabs separately.
install
accepts the fully qualified path to an .xpi addon file as the first parameter and an optional true/false second parameter to indicate if the xpi addon file should be a temporary addition (just for the existance of this browser instance). Unsigned xpi addon files may be loaded temporarily. It returns the GUID for the addon which may be used as a parameter to the uninstall method.
uninstall
accepts the GUID for the addon to uninstall. The GUID is returned when from the install method. This method returns itself to aid in chaining methods.
application_type
returns the application type for the Marionette protocol. Should be 'gecko'.
marionette_protocol
returns the version for the Marionette protocol. Current most recent version is '3'.
xvfb
returns the pid of the xvfb process if it exists.
quit
Marionette will stop accepting new connections before ending the current session, and finally attempting to quit the application. This method returns the $? (CHILD_ERROR) value for the Firefox process
child_error
This method returns the $? (CHILD_ERROR) for the Firefox process, or undefined if the process has not yet exited.
error_message
This method returns a human readable error message describing how the Firefox process exited (assuming it started okay). On Win32 platforms this information is restricted to exit code.
alive
This method returns true or false depending on if the Firefox process is still running.
DIAGNOSTICS
Failed to create a socket: %s-
The module was unable to even create a socket. Something is seriously wrong with your environment
Failed to send request to firefox: %s-
The module was unable to perform a syswrite on the socket connected to firefox.
Failed to correctly determined the Firefox process id through the initial connection capabilities-
The module was found that firefox is reporting through it's Capabilities object a different process id than this module was using. This is probably a bug in this module's logic. Please report as described in the BUGS AND LIMITATIONS section below.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
Firefox::Marionette requires no configuration files or environment variables. It will however use the DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY environment variables to try to connect to an X Server.
DEPENDENCIES
Firefox::Marionette requires the following non-core Perl modules
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-firefox-marionette@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.
AUTHOR
David Dick <ddick@cpan.org>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to the entire Mozilla organisation for a great browser and to the team behind Marionette for providing a great interface for automation.
Thanks also to the authors of the documentation in the following sources;
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2018, David Dick <ddick@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See "perlartistic" in perlartistic.
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