Tests launch with a weird URL

[anon71126248]

Hello I am building a POC with TestCafe. When I launch the test I notice the url is always "http://192.168.1.171:52429/B1G5ae2DW/{my test url}". I am trying to understand:

1. what's the deal with this funky URL ?
2. And also is the data of test run secure or is it being recorded on the TestCafe server ?

(Apologies in advance if it's somewhere in the documentation and I have missed it!)

[anon493717]

Hi @shweta_sabne,

Under the hood, TestCafe uses a URL-rewriting proxy. This proxy injects the driver script that emulates user actions right into the tested page.

So, before test running TestCafe starts a local proxy server on your machine (192.168.1.171:52429 - it's an address of this server) and then start a browser. All requests from the browser to a target server go throw this local proxy server. You can read more about our motivations in a related post.

TestCafe doesn't send any info about your test runs to anywhere.All manipulations with the data is performed on your machine only when your run a test on your local browsers.