Virtual Authenticator

A representation of the Web Authenticator model.

Web applications can enable a public key-based authentication mechanism known as Web Authentication to authenticate users in a passwordless manner. Web Authentication defines APIs that allows a user to create a public-key credential and register it with an authenticator. An authenticator can be a hardware device or a software entity that stores user’s public-key credentials and retrieves them on request.

As the name suggests, Virtual Authenticator emulates such authenticators for testing.

Virtual Authenticator Options

A Virtual Authenticatior has a set of properties. These properties are mapped as VirtualAuthenticatorOptions in the Selenium bindings.

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Add Virtual Authenticator

It creates a new virtual authenticator with the provided properties.

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Remove Virtual Authenticator

Removes the previously added virtual authenticator.

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Create Resident Credential

Creates a resident (stateful) credential with the given required credential parameters.

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Create Non-Resident Credential

Creates a resident (stateless) credential with the given required credential parameters.

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Add Credential

Registers the credential with the authenticator.

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Get Credential

Returns the list of credentials owned by the authenticator.

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Remove Credential

Removes a credential from the authenticator based on the passed credential id.

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Remove All Credentials

Removes all the credentials from the authenticator.

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Set User Verified

Sets whether the authenticator will simulate success or fail on user verification.

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Last modified July 29, 2025: Adding trailing / to retrieve code from GitHub (48b97e9bf8)