Nightwatch Internet Explorer - argument for private mode

Question

In my nightwatch.conf.js I have:

"desiredCapabilities": {
                "browserName": "internet explorer",
                "javascriptEnabled": true,
                "acceptSslCerts": true,
            },

What is the name of the property that will run IE in Private mode?

The only answer I could find is this:

capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.FORCE_CREATE_PROCESS, true);  
    сapabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.IE_SWITCHES, "-private");

-- but I don't know how to add that to the JSON config.

I've tried:

"desiredCapabilities": {
                "browserName": "internet explorer",
                "javascriptEnabled": true,
                "acceptSslCerts": true,
                "IE_SWITCHES": "private",
            },

and:

"desiredCapabilities": {
                "browserName": "internet explorer",
                "javascriptEnabled": true,
                "acceptSslCerts": true,
                "args": "private",
            },

Without luck.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '19 at 15:33

You could use the forceCreateProcessApi and browserCommandLineSwitches capabilities.

Try to set the forceCreateProcessApi to True and set the browserCommandLineSwitches as "-private"

More detail information, please check the following links:

Internet Explorer Setup

IE-specific DesiredCapabilities

Nightwatch Internet Explorer - argument for private mode

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