Starts a browser session for remote-controlled web interactions by the Web Interactions node set. These nodes simulate simulate human interactions on a web page and can be used for automated application testing, web crawling and data extraction.
The browser that shall be opened has to be installed on the local system and for Safari, follow Apple's prerequisites instructions . Supported browsers are Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari.
If not specified through the advanced configuration, the node will try to find the browser executable at its default path on the system.
For Linux users that installed e.g. Firefox with snap, you might find the location to the firefox binaries at /snap/firefox/current/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin
Proxy settings : If you set proxy settings in your AP, the Web Interaction nodes will try to use these settings. Note that Safari will ignore the proxy settings configured in KNIME. Support for authenticated proxies in Chrome or Edge is experimental, other browsers do not support authenticated proxies yet.