Re:Prototype: Puppeteer for Firefox
by danShumway on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @10:53AM
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That still doesn't explain to me design decisions like how WebDriver's file upload works.
If I'm remote-controlling a browser over a network, wouldn't I occasionally want to send it an arbitrary file upload? Why do I need to separately transfer the file using a different service, and then refer to it with the disk path?
The only reason I can think of is, "normal users couldn't do that." But normal users also can't control a browser over a network. There's no reason to restrict a control protocol to only things that normal users can do.
If I'm remote-controlling a browser over a network, wouldn't I occasionally want to send it an arbitrary file upload? Why do I need to separately transfer the file using a different service, and then refer to it with the disk path?
The only reason I can think of is, "normal users couldn't do that." But normal users also can't control a browser over a network. There's no reason to restrict a control protocol to only things that normal users can do.