External javascript not loading with PhantomJS and selenium webdriver on Mac OS X

Asked Apr 15 '15 at 20:12

Active Apr 16 '15 at 10:46

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I have a python script that uses PhantomJS with selenium webdriver to retrieve a page which works perfectly on Ubuntu, while on Mac OS X it does not get some javascript library correctly.

This is more evident on a stackoverflow webpage which has a dedicated message for it.

from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.PhantomJS()
browser.get("https://stackoverflow.com")
browser.save_screenshot("so.png")

Ubuntu with PhantomJS 1.9.8:

PhantomJS on Ubuntu

Mac OS X with PhantomJS 2.0:

PhantomJS on Mac OS X

The two tests are performed on the same network and both the machines can open the webpage correctly when using a classical browser.

edited Apr 16 '15 at 10:46

asked Apr 15 '15 at 20:12

enrico.bacis

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Try to run it with `--ignore-ssl-errors=true` as a commandline option. – Artjom B. Apr 15 '15 at 20:25
@ArtjomB. It works, can you post it as an answer so I can accept it? – enrico.bacis Apr 16 '15 at 10:54
@ArtjomB. The question is pretty similar, but it would be interesting to understand why on Ubuntu it works and on Mac OS X it fails. – enrico.bacis Apr 16 '15 at 11:01
PhantomJS probably fails to use the certificate store of OSX for some reason. – Artjom B. Apr 16 '15 at 11:03

External javascript not loading with PhantomJS and selenium webdriver on Mac OS X

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