Webdriver-manager deprecation ?

[bboycs]

As Protractor is going to EOL soon, how about webdriver-manager ?
Can webdrive-manager handover to protractor partner(herodevs) for further maintenance ?

[StanislavKharchenko]

As alternatives you can use new library provided by selenium team - selenium - manager

[tambor81]

we have now a CVE-2023-28155 reporting a vulnerability on protractor.
Can these dependencies be updated to not use protractor or use any other vulnerable dependency ?

currently this is clearly shown on :

$ npm audit
# npm audit report

request *
Severity: moderate
Server-Side Request Forgery in Request - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8p7-x288-28g6
fix available via `npm audit fix --force`
Will install protractor@3.3.0, which is a breaking change
node_modules/request
 webdriver-manager *
 Depends on vulnerable versions of request
 node_modules/webdriver-manager
 protractor >=4.0.0
 Depends on vulnerable versions of webdriver-manager
 node_modules/protractor
 @angular-devkit/build-angular >=0.1100.0-next.0
 Depends on vulnerable versions of protractor
 node_modules/@angular-devkit/build-angular

4 moderate severity vulnerabilities

To address all issues (including breaking changes), run:
 npm audit fix --force

[thw0rted]

It sure looks like webdriver-manager is EOL along with PRotractor. See #524 -- unless 3rd party post-EOL support comes along, the answer to your question is no, the dependencies for webdriver-manager will not be updated. I guess you could always fork it to fix yourself? Or look into the alternative in the second comment here.

[alexsch01]

@thw0rted

If you have Protractor installed globally via npm on Windows 64-bit, you can use these steps

---

%APPDATA%\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\built\lib\binaries\chrome_xml.js

• Replace getLatestChromeDriverVersion function with:

getLatestChromeDriverVersion() {
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')

 const lastKnownGoodVersionsWithDownloads_Url = 'https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json';
 return http_utils_1.requestBody(lastKnownGoodVersionsWithDownloads_Url).then(body => {
 const latestVersion_Body = JSON.parse(body)['channels']['Stable']

 const latestVersion = latestVersion_Body['version']
 const latestVersion_Url = latestVersion_Body['downloads']['chromedriver'].find(obj => obj['platform'] == 'win32')['url']

 const latestMajorVersion = latestVersion.split('.')[0]

 const localVersion_FileName = fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'selenium'))
 .find(f => f.startsWith(`chromedriver_${latestMajorVersion}`)) || ''
 
 const localVersion = localVersion_FileName.slice(13, -4)
 const localVersion_Url = latestVersion_Url.replace(latestVersion, localVersion)

 const localMajorVersion = localVersion.split('.')[0]

 if (latestMajorVersion == localMajorVersion) {
 return Promise.resolve({
 url: localVersion_Url,
 version: localVersion,
 })
 } else {
 return Promise.resolve({
 url: latestVersion_Url,
 version: latestVersion,
 })
 }
 });
 }

---

%APPDATA%\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\built\lib\cmds\update.js

• Replace line 240 [fs.renameSync(path.resolve(outputDir, binary.zipContentName()), mv);] with:

if (fileName.indexOf('chromedriver_') != -1) {
 fs.renameSync(path.resolve(outputDir, 'chromedriver-win32', binary.zipContentName()), mv)
 } else {
 fs.renameSync(path.resolve(outputDir, binary.zipContentName()), mv);
 }

Finally, do a webdriver-manager update - it should get you to the next Chromedriver major version

[leroybm]

Thanks @alexsch01, this worked for me after replacing win32 to linux64 :)

[DavidDudson]

For anyone who uses patch-package, this is a cross platform patch based on the above. (This assumes a non-global install)

Put it in a file named webdriver-manager+12.1.9.patch.

diff --git a/node_modules/webdriver-manager/built/lib/binaries/chrome_xml.js b/node_modules/webdriver-manager/built/lib/binaries/chrome_xml.js
index 6dfbea5..58bc44b 100644
--- a/node_modules/webdriver-manager/built/lib/binaries/chrome_xml.js
+++ b/node_modules/webdriver-manager/built/lib/binaries/chrome_xml.js
@@ -55,14 +55,74 @@ class ChromeXml extends config_source_1.XmlConfigSource {
 return 'linux';
 }
 }
+
+ /**
+ * Based on 'https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json' platforms
+ */
+ getPlatformForDownload() {
+ const os = require('os')
+ const arch = os.arch()
+
+ console.log(os.platform(), os.arch())
+
+ switch (os.platform()) {
+ case 'darwin':
+ return arch === 'x64'? 'mac-x64' : 'mac-arm64'
+ case 'win32':
+ return arch === 'x64'? 'win64' : 'win32'
+ default:
+ return 'linux64'
+ }
+ }
+
 /**
 * Gets the latest item from the XML.
 */
 getLatestChromeDriverVersion() {
- const latestReleaseUrl = 'https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE';
- return http_utils_1.requestBody(latestReleaseUrl).then(latestVersion => {
- return this.getSpecificChromeDriverVersion(latestVersion);
- });
+ const path = require('path')
+ const fs = require('fs')
+
+ const lastKnownGoodVersionsWithDownloads_Url = 'https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json';
+ return http_utils_1.requestBody(lastKnownGoodVersionsWithDownloads_Url).then(body => {
+ const latestVersion_Body = JSON.parse(body)['channels']['Stable']
+
+ const latestVersion = latestVersion_Body['version']
+ const platformForDownload = this.getPlatformForDownload()
+ const latestVersion_Url = latestVersion_Body['downloads']['chromedriver'].find(obj => obj['platform'] == platformForDownload)['url']
+
+ console.log("Platform", platformForDownload)
+ console.log("Latest Version", latestVersion)
+ console.log("Latest Version URL", latestVersion_Url)
+ const latestMajorVersion = latestVersion.split('.')[0]
+
+ console.log("Latest Major Version", latestMajorVersion)
+
+ const localVersion_FileName = fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'selenium'))
+ .find(f => f.startsWith(`chromedriver_${latestMajorVersion}`)) || ''
+
+
+ const localVersion = localVersion_FileName.split('_').at(-1)
+ const localVersion_Url = latestVersion_Url.replace(latestVersion, localVersion)
+
+ const localMajorVersion = localVersion.split('.')[0]
+
+ console.log("Local File Name", localVersion_FileName)
+ console.log("Local Version", localVersion)
+ console.log("Local Version Url", localVersion_Url)
+ console.log("Local Major Version", localMajorVersion)
+
+ if (latestMajorVersion == localMajorVersion) {
+ return Promise.resolve({
+ url: localVersion_Url,
+ version: localVersion,
+ })
+ } else {
+ return Promise.resolve({
+ url: latestVersion_Url,
+ version: latestVersion,
+ })
+ }
+ });
 }
 /**
 * Gets a specific item from the XML.
diff --git a/node_modules/webdriver-manager/built/lib/cmds/update.js b/node_modules/webdriver-manager/built/lib/cmds/update.js
index b98cdce..86f7709 100644
--- a/node_modules/webdriver-manager/built/lib/cmds/update.js
+++ b/node_modules/webdriver-manager/built/lib/cmds/update.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const utils_1 = require("../utils");
 const Opt = require("./");
 const initialize_1 = require("./initialize");
 const opts_1 = require("./opts");
+const os = require('os')
 config_1.Config.runCommand = 'update';
 let logger = new cli_1.Logger('update');
 let prog = new cli_1.Program()
@@ -207,6 +208,26 @@ function updateBinary(binary, outputDir, proxy, ignoreSSL) {
 }
 });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Based on 'https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json' platforms
+ */
+function getPlatformForDownload() {
+ const os = require('os')
+ const arch = os.arch()
+
+ console.log(os.platform(), os.arch())
+
+ switch (os.platform()) {
+ case 'darwin':
+ return arch === 'x64'? 'mac-x64' : 'mac-arm64'
+ case 'win32':
+ return arch === 'x64'? 'win64' : 'win32'
+ default:
+ return 'linux64'
+ }
+}
+
 function unzip(binary, outputDir, fileName) {
 // remove the previously saved file and unzip it
 let osType = config_1.Config.osType();
@@ -222,8 +243,8 @@ function unzip(binary, outputDir, fileName) {
 }
 }
 // unzip the file
- logger.info(binary.name + ': unzipping ' + fileName);
- if (fileName.slice(-4) == '.zip') {
+ logger.info(binary.name + ': unzipping ' + fileName);
+ if (fileName.slice(-4) == '.zip') {
 try {
 let zip = new AdmZip(path.resolve(outputDir, fileName));
 zip.extractAllTo(outputDir, true);
@@ -237,7 +258,11 @@ function unzip(binary, outputDir, fileName) {
 child_process.spawnSync('tar', ['zxvf', path.resolve(outputDir, fileName), '-C', outputDir]);
 }
 // rename
+ if (fileName.indexOf('chromedriver_') != -1) {
+ fs.renameSync(path.resolve(outputDir, 'chromedriver-' + getPlatformForDownload(), binary.zipContentName()), mv)
+ } else {
 fs.renameSync(path.resolve(outputDir, binary.zipContentName()), mv);
+ }
 // set permissions
 if (osType !== 'Windows_NT') {
 logger.info(binary.name + ': setting permissions to 0755 for ' + mv);

[bashbers]

@DavidDudson Thanks, that worked! The other solution didnt work for me on mac eventhough I changed win32 to mac-x64.

[JordanRieger]

@thw0rted

If you have Protractor installed globally via npm on Windows 64-bit, you can use these steps

%APPDATA%\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\built\lib\binaries\chrome_xml.js

* Replace `getLatestChromeDriverVersion` function with:

getLatestChromeDriverVersion() {
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')

 const lastKnownGoodVersionsWithDownloads_Url = 'https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json';
 return http_utils_1.requestBody(lastKnownGoodVersionsWithDownloads_Url).then(body => {
 const latestVersion_Body = JSON.parse(body)['channels']['Stable']

 const latestVersion = latestVersion_Body['version']
 const latestVersion_Url = latestVersion_Body['downloads']['chromedriver'].find(obj => obj['platform'] == 'win32')['url']

 const latestMajorVersion = latestVersion.split('.')[0]

 const localVersion_FileName = fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'selenium'))
 .find(f => f.startsWith(`chromedriver_${latestMajorVersion}`)) || ''
 
 const localVersion = localVersion_FileName.slice(13, -4)
 const localVersion_Url = latestVersion_Url.replace(latestVersion, localVersion)

 const localMajorVersion = localVersion.split('.')[0]

 if (latestMajorVersion == localMajorVersion) {
 return Promise.resolve({
 url: localVersion_Url,
 version: localVersion,
 })
 } else {
 return Promise.resolve({
 url: latestVersion_Url,
 version: latestVersion,
 })
 }
 });
 }

%APPDATA%\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\built\lib\cmds\update.js

* Replace line 240 [`fs.renameSync(path.resolve(outputDir, binary.zipContentName()), mv);`] with:

if (fileName.indexOf('chromedriver_') != -1) {
 fs.renameSync(path.resolve(outputDir, 'chromedriver-win32', binary.zipContentName()), mv)
 } else {
 fs.renameSync(path.resolve(outputDir, binary.zipContentName()), mv);
 }

Finally, do a webdriver-manager update - it should get you to the next Chromedriver major version

After making this patch, ChromeDriver updates to 118 (latest as of 2023-10-16), but then I get this error when I try to actually run a protractor test:

[17:35:56] E/launcher - Unable to create new service: ChromeDriverService
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53'
System info: host: 'DW-1-NEW', ip: '10.12.135.101', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '11.0.16.1'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown