Post#21.Handle SSL Certificate issue

setAcceptInsecureCerts in selenium

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Certificate is nothing but encrypted way of transmitting data from the website to database, database to website.

If a site enables its SSL certificate we can see https protocol instead of http protocol. Few companies will have their own certificates and few companies will buy from the SSL providing companies.


Sometimes some sites will open only when you open them in https mode, there are few more site whatever you open they will open only with https protocol.

setAcceptInsecureCerts method present in the ChromeOptions/FirefoxOptions/InternetExplorerOptions class will help us to bypass the SSL certificate.
setAcceptInsecureCerts method accepts boolean parameter, if true driver accepts the certificate and proceeds further, if false is passed and site has SSL then driver will stop the execution as it cannot procees further due to SSL.

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "D:\\PATH\\geckodriver.exe");

                        FirefoxOptions fo = new FirefoxOptions();

                        // accept the certificate

                        fo.setAcceptInsecureCerts(true);

                        //open the browser

                        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(fo);

                        driver.get("https://www.cacert.org/");

            }

The sites having https may or may not throw the certificate warning, if a site throws a certificate warning(below image) then only this method serves its purpose, otherwise this method does not have any effect.