Server and Client invalid?

John Riker

I am trying to figure out how to use Browsermob, Selenium 4 and get the HAR for a URL programatically. Not sure if anyone can share current way to do this, but all the references I find do not seem to compile. Like:

// Supply the path to the Browsermob Proxy batch file
Server server = new Server(@"C:\temp\browsermob-proxy-2.1.4\bin\BrowserMobProxybinbrowsermob-proxy.bat");
server.Start();
Thread.Sleep(1000);
Client client = server.CreateProxy();
client.NewHar("assertselenium");
var chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
var seleniumProxy = new Proxy { HttpProxy = client.SeleniumProxy, SslProxy = client.SeleniumProxy };
chromeOptions.Proxy = seleniumProxy;
var dr = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
dr.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com");
dr.FindElementByClassName("gb_e").Click();
Thread.Sleep(3500);
dr.Navigate().Refresh();
// Get the performance stats
HarResult harData = client.GetHar();
Log log = harData.Log;
Entry[] entries = log.Entries;
foreach (var e in entries)
{
Request request = e.Request;
Response response = e.Response;
var url = request.Url;
var time = e.Time;
var status = response.Status;
var testStr = "Url: " + url + " - Time: " + time + " Response: " + status;
}
dr.Quit();
client.Close();
server.Stop();

The Server and Client errors that the Namespace could not be found. Tried a number of paths but things like server.Stop() aren't found even if I can find an assembly just to get server.Start() to "look" OK. Though still think it's the wrong assembly.

Get the same for just HarResult, Log, Entry. Log and Entry I in theory can get to show OK with Grpc but not sure that's really the right reference to use.

Thoughts?

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John Riker5y ago
Right now it's in C:\temp but that's not the problem. The right libraries are not available. I did figure it out just doesn't seem right. I found a BrowserMob DLL and added a reference to it:

https://github.com/AutomatedTester/AutomatedTester.BrowserMob/downloads

So that made Server and Client work and things are kind of running now. But not sure if that's the right path. Would have thought with the effort it took to find out about this DLL that it would have been a NuGet package or part of the BrowserMob-proxy package.

So here is where I'm at:
   Server server = new Server(@"C:\temp\browsermob-proxy-2.1.4\bin\BrowserMob-proxy.bat");
   server.Start();
   Thread.Sleep(1000);

   Client client = server.CreateProxy();
   client.NewHar("fox");
   var chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
   var seleniumProxy = new Proxy { HttpProxy = client.SeleniumProxy, SslProxy = client.SeleniumProxy };
   chromeOptions.Proxy = seleniumProxy;
    chromeOptions.AddArgument("--ignore-certificate-errors");
    chromeOptions.AddArgument("--allow-running-insecure-content");
    chromeOptions.AddArgument("--disable-extensions");
    chromeOptions.AddArgument("--start-maximized");
    chromeOptions.AddArgument("--ignore-certificate-errors");
    chromeOptions.AddArgument("--disable-popup-blocking");

    IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.fox.com/watch/bdb5db80949b2226d9caa10c08dc1032/");


// Get the performance stats
HarResult harData = client.GetHar();
   AutomatedTester.BrowserMob.HAR.Log log = harData.Log;
   AutomatedTester.BrowserMob.HAR.Entry[] entries = log.Entries;

   foreach (var e in entries)
   {
       AutomatedTester.BrowserMob.HAR.Request request = e.Request;
       AutomatedTester.BrowserMob.HAR.Response response = e.Response;
       var url = request.Url;
       var time = e.Time;
       var status = response.Status;
       var testStr = "Url: " + url + " - Time: " + time + " Response: " + status;
    Console.WriteLine(testStr);
   }

   driver.Quit();
   client.Close();
   server.Stop();
It loads "stuff" but not everything. The problem I'm having is that there is a video clip that loads at the end and the m3u8 file I'm trying to get doesn't show up until after a play graphic shows on top of the video. So I basically need the below to be there and clickable but the browser session ends before that piece loads:
So guess I need to find a way to get the XPath to be available for this object or something before it exists. Some items in case it helps when I copy some three dot items it has:

Element:
Selector: #overlayPlay > a
JS Path: document.querySelector("#overlayPlay > a")
XPath: //*[@id="overlayPlay"]/a
Full XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div/div[5]/div[2]/a
Sachin Singh5y ago
where is ChromeDriver ??
using (IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver())
            {



Server server = new Server(@"C:\temp\browsermob-proxy-2.1.4\bin\BrowserMobProxybinbrowsermob-proxy.bat");
server.Start();
Thread.Sleep(1000);

Client client = server.CreateProxy();
client.NewHar("assertselenium");

var chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
var seleniumProxy = new Proxy { HttpProxy = client.SeleniumProxy, SslProxy = client.SeleniumProxy };
chromeOptions.Proxy = seleniumProxy;
var dr = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);

dr.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com");
dr.FindElementByClassName("gb_e").Click();

Thread.Sleep(3500);
dr.Navigate().Refresh();

// Get the performance stats
HarResult harData = client.GetHar();
Log log = harData.Log;
Entry[] entries = log.Entries;

foreach (var e in entries)
{
Request request = e.Request;
Response response = e.Response;
var url = request.Url;
var time = e.Time;
var status = response.Status;
var testStr = "Url: " + url + " - Time: " + time + " Response: " + status;
}

dr.Quit();
client.Close();
server.Stop();
}