Running nightwatch tests in a browser with CORS disables

I am writing a selection of end to end tests using nightwatch. These tests call out to an external API, which has CORS settings that deny requests from localhost accessing the API.

For development on localhost I have installed a browser plugin that allows me to turn of the requirement of CORS. In chrome I can pass.

I have found an alternative method of handling the CORS settings and that is to start the browser with flags as follows. chromium-browser --disable-web-security --user-data-dir. Is there anyway to tell nightwatch to pass this arguments when it starts up chrome/chromium

[mattjg908]

@beatfactor , I followed your link and I set: "desiredCapabilities" : { "chromeOptions" : { "args" : ["disable-web-security"] } } And, it doesn’t work. I’ve tried several variations, such as "desiredCapabilities" : { "chromeOptions" : { "args" : ["--disable-web-security"] } } and placing it inside Chrome, test_settings and selenium hashes. Does Nightwatch actualy allow disable-web-security?

[michaelscheurer]

This worked for me in nightwatch.json:

"test_settings": { "chrome":{ "desiredCapabilities": { "chromeOptions" : { "args" : ["--disable-web-security"] } } } }