Get Chrome profile.

getChromeProfile A utility function to get a Chrome profile.

Usage

getChromeProfile(dataDir, profileDir)

Arguments

dataDir

Specifies the user data directory, which is where the browser will look for all of its state.

profileDir

Selects directory of profile to associate with the first browser launched.

Detail

A chrome profile directory is passed as an extraCapability. The data dir has a number of default locations

Windows XP

Google Chrome: C:/Documents and Settings/%USERNAME%/Local Settings/Application Data/Google/Chrome/User Data

Windows 8 or 7 or Vista

Google Chrome: C:/Users/%USERNAME%/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data

Mac OS X

Google Chrome: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome

Linux

Google Chrome: ~/.config/google-chrome

The profile directory is contained in the user directory and by default is named "Default"

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# example from windows using a profile directory "Profile 1"
cprof <- getChromeProfile(
  "C:\\Users\\john\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data",
  "Profile 1"
)
remDr <- remoteDriver(browserName = "chrome", extraCapabilities = cprof)
} # }