How to use SSL certificates in Selenium Web Driver?

Question

I\'m using Selenium Web Driver on Windows 7.

I\'m trying to test a website that use authentication and I need to use SSL certificates.

When I use Firefox out

Answer 1

First create a profile as I created with "Test" in Firefox using below command in CMD:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -P

Then import your certificate in this newly created Firefox Profile with Password used to generate the certificate. In my case this was a P12 extenstion Certificate.

Once done you can use below code in Selenium and Firefox will not popup for Certificate and you will be logged into the Portal or Website.

ProfilesIni allProfiles = new ProfilesIni();
FirefoxProfile myProfile = allProfiles.getProfile("Test");
myProfile.setPreference("security.default_personal_cert", "Select Automatically");
FirefoxOptions firefoxoptions = new FirefoxOptions();
firefoxoptions.setProfile(myProfile);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(firefoxoptions);

Background I am using Firefox 56.0 and Windows 7