setting request headers in selenium

Question

I\'m attempting to set the request header \'Referer\' to spoof a request coming from another site. We need the ability test that a specific referrer is used, which returns a

Answer 1

If you use the HtmlUnitDriver, you can set request headers by modifying the WebClient, like so:

final case class Header(name: String, value: String)

final class HtmlUnitDriverWithHeaders(headers: Seq[Header]) extends HtmlUnitDriver {
  super.modifyWebClient {
    val client = super.getWebClient
    headers.foreach(h => client.addRequestHeader(h.name, h.value))
    client
  }
}

The headers will then be on all requests made by the web browser.