In the past I have opted to use Webdriver::Tiny. However I've only ever used it with Chromium browser but the documentation says it can work with Geckodriver.
The API for Webdriver::Tiny is slightly different from Selenium::Firefox <https://metacpan.org/pod/Selenium::Firefox> so your code will need to be modified. https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/WebDriver-Tiny/lib/WebDriver/Tiny.pod#geckodriver On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 at 15:28, Vlado Keselj <vl...@dnlp.ca> wrote: > > That is a very interesting problem. I was also researching it and noticed > this package Selenium but did not try it. I would be interested to know > what kind of problem you are trying to solve. > > Vlado > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > > Can anyone please point me to decent documentation for controlling > Firefox > > using perl? > > > > I am open to any solution, but I have already looked at both > > Selenium::Firefox, and Selenium::Remote::Driver. > > > > I have Selenium::Firefox working on a Centos 7 box, but I can't find any > > documentation on how to use it. So far, all I have managed to do is open > a web > > browser window, and get a web page and extract it's contents. > > > > I also have a working Selenium::Remote::Driver setup with a perl script > on a > > Centos 7 box controlling IE11 on a Win10 box. > > > > I have spent all day going round in circles with Google finding out of > date > > articles, and links pointing back to each other without success. I can't > even > > find any doc's on using Selenium::Firefox on the cpan pages for the > module. > > > > I have gone through dependency hell installing Selenium::Remote::Driver > on a > > new Centos 7 box. I then installed Java and > > selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar. However, when I try to run a > script to > > open a local Firefox window I get the error below on the selenium-server. > > > > Again, most of the articles relating this problem are old, circa 2016, > and > > refer to version compatibility issues. > > > > Any advice welcome. > > > > Gary > > > > 13:30:25.459 INFO - Executing: [new session: Capabilities > > [{acceptSslCerts=true, browserName=firefox, javascriptEnabled=true, > version=, > > platform=ANY}]]) > > 13:30:25.469 INFO - Creating a new session for Capabilities > > [{acceptSslCerts=true, browserName=firefox, javascriptEnabled=true, > version=, > > platform=ANY}] > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.NotConnectedException: Unable to connect to > host > > 127.0.0.1 on port 7055 after 45000 ms. Firefox console output: > > > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection.start(NewProfileExtensionConnection.java:112) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.startClient(FirefoxDriver.java:271) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:119) > > at > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:218) > > at > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:211) > > at > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:129) > > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native > > Method) > > at > > > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) > > > at > > > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) > > > at > java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.FirefoxDriverProvider.callConstructor(FirefoxDriverProvider.java:91) > > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.FirefoxDriverProvider.newInstance(FirefoxDriverProvider.java:68) > > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverFactory.newInstance(DefaultDriverFactory.java:60) > > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:222) > > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:1) > > > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$1.run(DefaultSession.java:176) > > > at > > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) > > > at > > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) > > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) > > 13:31:10.967 WARN - Exception thrown > > java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: > > org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: > > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException > > Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 > > 17:37:03' > > System info: host: 'study.stainburn.com', ip: '192.168.1.193', os.name: > > 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '3.10.0-1160.15.2.el7.x86_64', > > java.version: '1.8.0_282' > > Driver info: driver.version: unknown > > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) > > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.execute(DefaultSession.java:183) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.<init>(DefaultSession.java:119) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.createSession(DefaultSession.java:95) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverSessions.newSession(DefaultDriverSessions.java:124) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.NewSession.handle(NewSession.java:59) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.NewSession.handle(NewSession.java:1) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.rest.ResultConfig.handle(ResultConfig.java:111) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.JsonHttpCommandHandler.handleRequest(JsonHttpCommandHandler.java:79) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.handleRequest(DriverServlet.java:204) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.doPost(DriverServlet.java:166) > > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.service(DriverServlet.java:132) > > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790) > > at > > > org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:428) > > at > > > org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.dispatch(ServletHandler.java:680) > > at > > > org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:571) > > at > org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1526) > > at > org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1479) > > at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:920) > > at > > org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:820) > > at > > org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:986) > > at > > org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:837) > > at > > > org.openqa.jetty.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:243) > > at > > org.openqa.jetty.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:358) > > at > > org.openqa.jetty.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:537) > > Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: > > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException > > Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 > > 17:37:03' > > System info: host: 'study.stainburn.com', ip: '192.168.1.193', os.name: > > 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '3.10.0-1160.15.2.el7.x86_64', > > java.version: '1.8.0_282' > > Driver info: driver.version: unknown > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.FirefoxDriverProvider.callConstructor(FirefoxDriverProvider.java:101) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.FirefoxDriverProvider.newInstance(FirefoxDriverProvider.java:68) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverFactory.newInstance(DefaultDriverFactory.java:60) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:222) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:1) > > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$1.run(DefaultSession.java:176) > > at > > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) > > at > > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) > > Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException > > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native > > Method) > > at > > > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) > > at > > > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) > > at > java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.FirefoxDriverProvider.callConstructor(FirefoxDriverProvider.java:91) > > ... 9 more > > Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Failed to connect to > binary > > FirefoxBinary(/usr/bin/firefox) on port 7055; process output follows: > > > > Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 > > 17:37:03' > > System info: host: 'study.stainburn.com', ip: '192.168.1.193', os.name: > > 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '3.10.0-1160.15.2.el7.x86_64', > > java.version: '1.8.0_282' > > Driver info: driver.version: FirefoxDriver > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection.start(NewProfileExtensionConnection.java:124) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.startClient(FirefoxDriver.java:271) > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:119) > > at > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:218) > > at > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:211) > > at > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:129) > > ... 14 more > > Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.NotConnectedException: Unable to > > connect to host 127.0.0.1 on port 7055 after 45000 ms. Firefox console > output: > > > > at > > > org.openqa.selenium.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection.start(NewProfileExtensionConnection.java:112) > > ... 19 more > > 13:31:10.971 WARN - Exception: Unable to connect to host 127.0.0.1 on > port > > 7055 after 45000 ms. Firefox console output: > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ >
