Using SuperTest/Protractor on unsecure HTTPS

Question

I am trying to run automated API tests on localhost with an invalid cert.

Is there a chromeOption equivalent to "Proceed Anyway" that I can pass to the tests so they can get a response from the url?

Right now I am manually testing the API via Postman (after using Proceed Anyway in Chrome), so the API itself does work, but the automation cannot get a response.

Answer 1

This is works for me (in python):

from selenium import webdriver
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["ignore-certificate-errors"])
webdriver_instance = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options)

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24507078/how-to-deal-with-certificates-using-selenium and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24168407/unsupported-command-line-flag-ignore-certificate-errors

Answer 2

As this is tagged with protractor, this is how you allow "unsecure HTTPS" via Protractor config:

In case of Firefox:

capabilities: { 
 browserName: 'firefox', 
 marionette: true, 
 acceptInsecureCerts: true
}

In case of Chrome (not tested and may not work as is, https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/847):

capabilities: { 
 browserName: 'chrome', 
 chromeOptions: {
 args: ['--ignore-certificate-errors']
 }
}