How can I launch Chrome with an unpacked extension?

Question

I\'m using Selenium WebDriver to test a Google Chrome extension I\'m developing. I noticed that ChromeDriver can be customised to add extensions to the instance

Answer 1

The Selenium documentation has an example like this for a packed ( not unpacked) extension:

capabilities.setCapability("platform", "Windows 8" );
capabilities.setCapability("version", "10");
capabilities.setCapability("name", testname);
capabilities.setCapability("screen-resolution", "1280x1024");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addExtensions(new File("/path/to/extension.crx"));
capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
if (isLocal) driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);