WebDriver lacks HTTP response header and status code methods

[lukeis]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 141

It would be useful to have methods to read the HTTP status code and headers from an
HTTP 
response.  HtmlUnit already has this functionality, but it's not been brought through
to WebDriver.

Reported by stephendv on 2009-02-01 16:05:44

[lukeis]

Issue 152 has been merged into this issue.

Reported by simon.m.stewart on 2009-09-14 17:42:11

[lukeis]

good feature

Reported by risticnemanja on 2009-10-16 13:27:22

[lukeis]

good feature

Reported by risticnemanja on 2009-10-16 13:27:31

[lukeis]

We will not be adding this feature to the WebDriver API as it falls outside of our current

scope (emulating user actions).

Reported by jmleyba on 2009-12-17 17:49:33

• Status changed: WontFix

[lukeis]

This would make WebDriver unusable for testing.
Selenium is supporting this feature, so I guess I am stuck with selenium forever :)

Reported by ivanjanic on 2009-12-17 18:23:32

[lukeis]

Adding access for status code and response headers would be a really good addition.


If these features will not be added, then WebDriver cannot be regarded as a full web
testing tool, but merely a wrapper for various HTTP/S interaction APIs.

Reported by timo.westkamper on 2010-02-09 10:12:25

[lukeis]

"Emulating user actions" might be useful for a generic browser driver, but for a 
TESTING tool it will be necessary to read the status code, headers and cookie values.

This is needed for performing non-functional automated tests, e.g.:
- Does the logon form always result in a 302 redirect?
- Is the session cookie set before logon, or after (to identify session fixation attacks)?
- Is the page with my bank details cached or not?

Until these features are added, I too cannot use webdriver for testing.

Reported by stephendv on 2010-02-09 10:21:41

[lukeis]

I appreciate having a clean API, but this is honestly something that is very
important in a lot of my test cases so I hope it gets fixed.

Reported by ponzao on 2010-02-10 08:46:24

[lukeis]

yes agree with above commnets. For a web testing tool its is imperative to be able to
read HTTP headers.

Reported by pnakhat on 2010-03-05 09:16:04

[lukeis]

Issue 404 has been merged into this issue.

Reported by dawagner on 2010-03-05 11:41:07