class QQuickWebEngineProfile#

The QQuickWebEngineProfile class provides a web engine profile shared by multiple pages. More

Inheritance diagram of PySide6.QtWebEngineQuick.QQuickWebEngineProfile

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Properties#

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Detailed Description#

A web engine profile contains settings, scripts, persistent cookie policy, and the list of visited links shared by all web engine pages that belong to the profile.

Information about visited links is stored together with persistent cookies and other persistent data in a storage determined by the storageName property. Persistent data is stored in a subdirectory determined by the persistentStoragePath property and the cache in a subdirectory determined by the cachePath property. The httpCacheType property describes the type of the cache: in-memory or on-disk. If only the storageName property is set, the other values are generated automatically based on it. If you specify any of the values manually, you should do it before creating any pages that belong to the profile.

Profiles can be used to isolate pages from each other. A typical use case is a dedicated off-the-record profile for a private browsing mode. An off-the-record profile forces cookies, the HTTP cache, and other normally persistent data to be stored only in memory. The offTheRecord property holds whether a profile is off-the-record.

The default profile can be accessed by defaultProfile() . It is a built-in profile that all web pages not specifically created with another profile belong to.

A WebEngineProfile instance can be created and accessed from C++ through the QQuickWebEngineProfile class, which exposes further functionality in C++. This allows Qt Quick applications to intercept URL requests (QQuickWebEngineProfile::setRequestInterceptor), or register custom URL schemes ( installUrlSchemeHandler ).

Spellchecking HTML form fields can be enabled per profile by setting the spellCheckEnabled property and the current languages used for spellchecking can be set by using the spellCheckLanguages property.

class HttpCacheType#

This enum describes the HTTP cache type:

Constant

Description

QQuickWebEngineProfile.MemoryHttpCache

Use an in-memory cache. This is the default if off-the-record is set.

QQuickWebEngineProfile.DiskHttpCache

Use a disk cache. This is the default if off-the-record is not set. Falls back to MemoryHttpCache if off-the-record is set.

QQuickWebEngineProfile.NoCache

Disable both in-memory and disk caching. (Added in Qt 5.7)

class PersistentCookiesPolicy#

This enum describes policy for cookie persistency:

Constant

Description

QQuickWebEngineProfile.NoPersistentCookies

Both session and persistent cookies are stored in memory. This is the only setting possible if off-the-record is set or no persistent data path is available.

QQuickWebEngineProfile.AllowPersistentCookies

Cookies marked persistent are saved to and restored from disk, whereas session cookies are only stored to disk for crash recovery. This is the default setting.

QQuickWebEngineProfile.ForcePersistentCookies

Both session and persistent cookies are saved to and restored from disk.

Note

Properties can be used directly when from __feature__ import true_property is used or via accessor functions otherwise.

property cachePathᅟ: str#

The path to the location where the profile’s caches are stored, in particular the HTTP cache.

By default, the caches are stored below QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation) in a directory named using storageName .

Access functions:
property downloadPathᅟ: str#

The path to the location where the downloaded files are stored.

Overrides the default path used for download location, setting it to path.

If set to an empty string, the default path is restored.

Note

By default, the download path is QStandardPaths::DownloadLocation.

Access functions:
property httpAcceptLanguageᅟ: str#

The value of the Accept-Language HTTP request-header field.

Access functions:
property httpCacheMaximumSizeᅟ: int#

The maximum size of the HTTP cache. If 0, the size will be controlled automatically by QtWebEngine . The default value is 0.

See also

httpCacheType

Access functions:
property httpCacheTypeᅟ: QQuickWebEngineProfile.HttpCacheType#

This enumeration describes the type of the HTTP cache.

If the profile is off-the-record or has no storageName set, MemoryHttpCache is returned.

Access functions:
property httpUserAgentᅟ: str#

The user-agent string sent with HTTP to identify the browser.

Access functions:
property isPushServiceEnabledᅟ: bool#

Whether the push messaging service is enabled.

Note

By default the push messaging service is disabled.

Note

Qt WebEngine uses the Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) as a browser push service. Therefore, all push messages will go through the Google push service and its respective servers.

Access functions:
property offTheRecordᅟ: bool#

Whether the web engine profile is off-the-record. An off-the-record profile forces cookies, the HTTP cache, and other normally persistent data to be stored only in memory. Profile is off-the-record by default.

Access functions:
property persistentCookiesPolicyᅟ: QQuickWebEngineProfile.PersistentCookiesPolicy#

This enumeration describes the policy of cookie persistency. If the profile is off-the-record, NoPersistentCookies is returned.

Access functions:
property persistentStoragePathᅟ: str#

The path to the location where the persistent data for the browser and web content are stored. Persistent data includes persistent cookies, HTML5 local storage, and visited links.

By default, the storage is located below QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation) in a directory named using storageName .

Access functions:
property spellCheckEnabledᅟ: bool#

This property holds whether the web engine spell checker is enabled..

Access functions:
property spellCheckLanguagesᅟ: list of strings#

This property holds The languages used by the spell checker..

Access functions:
property storageNameᅟ: str#

The storage name that is used to create separate subdirectories for each profile that uses the disk for storing persistent data and cache.

Access functions:
__init__([parent=None])#
Parameters:

parentQObject

Constructs a new profile with the parent parent.

cachePath()#
Return type:

str

See also

setCachePath()

Getter of property cachePathᅟ .

cachePathChanged()#

Notification signal of property cachePathᅟ .

clearHttpCache()#

Removes the profile’s cache entries.

Note

Make sure that you do not start new navigation or any operation on the profile while the clear operation is in progress. The clearHttpCacheCompleted() signal notifies about the completion.

See also

clearHttpCache() clearHttpCacheCompleted()

clearHttpCacheCompleted()#

This signal is emitted when the clearHttpCache() operation is completed.

See also

clearHttpCache()

cookieStore()#
Return type:

QWebEngineCookieStore

Returns the cookie store for this profile.

static defaultProfile()#
Return type:

QQuickWebEngineProfile

Returns the default profile.

The default profile is off-the-record.

See also

storageName()

downloadPath()#
Return type:

str

Getter of property downloadPathᅟ .

downloadPathChanged()#

Notification signal of property downloadPathᅟ .

httpAcceptLanguage()#
Return type:

str

Getter of property httpAcceptLanguageᅟ .

httpAcceptLanguageChanged()#

Notification signal of property httpAcceptLanguageᅟ .

httpCacheMaximumSize()#
Return type:

int

Getter of property httpCacheMaximumSizeᅟ .

httpCacheMaximumSizeChanged()#

Notification signal of property httpCacheMaximumSizeᅟ .

httpCacheType()#
Return type:

HttpCacheType

Getter of property httpCacheTypeᅟ .

httpCacheTypeChanged()#

Notification signal of property httpCacheTypeᅟ .

httpUserAgent()#
Return type:

str

Getter of property httpUserAgentᅟ .

httpUserAgentChanged()#

Notification signal of property httpUserAgentᅟ .

installUrlSchemeHandler(scheme, arg__2)#
Parameters:

Registers a handler handler for custom URL scheme scheme in the profile.

It is necessary to first register the scheme with registerScheme at application startup.

isOffTheRecord()#
Return type:

bool

Getter of property offTheRecordᅟ .

isPushServiceEnabled()#
Return type:

bool

Getter of property isPushServiceEnabledᅟ .

isSpellCheckEnabled()#
Return type:

bool

Getter of property spellCheckEnabledᅟ .

offTheRecordChanged()#

Notification signal of property offTheRecordᅟ .

persistentCookiesPolicy()#
Return type:

PersistentCookiesPolicy

Getter of property persistentCookiesPolicyᅟ .

persistentCookiesPolicyChanged()#

Notification signal of property persistentCookiesPolicyᅟ .

persistentStoragePath()#
Return type:

str

Getter of property persistentStoragePathᅟ .

persistentStoragePathChanged()#

Notification signal of property persistentStoragePathᅟ .

presentNotification(notification)#
Parameters:

notificationQWebEngineNotification

This signal is emitted whenever there is a newly created user notification. The notification argument holds the QWebEngineNotification instance to query data and interact with.

See also

presentNotification

pushServiceEnabledChanged()#

Notification signal of property isPushServiceEnabledᅟ .

removeAllUrlSchemeHandlers()#

Removes all custom URL scheme handlers installed in the profile.

removeUrlScheme(scheme)#
Parameters:

schemeQByteArray

Removes the custom URL scheme scheme from the profile.

removeUrlSchemeHandler(arg__1)#
Parameters:

arg__1QWebEngineUrlSchemeHandler

Removes the custom URL scheme handler handler from the profile.

setCachePath(path)#
Parameters:

path – str

See also

cachePath()

Setter of property cachePathᅟ .

setDownloadPath(path)#
Parameters:

path – str

See also

downloadPath()

Setter of property downloadPathᅟ .

setHttpAcceptLanguage(httpAcceptLanguage)#
Parameters:

httpAcceptLanguage – str

Setter of property httpAcceptLanguageᅟ .

setHttpCacheMaximumSize(maxSize)#
Parameters:

maxSize – int

Setter of property httpCacheMaximumSizeᅟ .

setHttpCacheType(arg__1)#
Parameters:

arg__1HttpCacheType

See also

httpCacheType()

Setter of property httpCacheTypeᅟ .

setHttpUserAgent(userAgent)#
Parameters:

userAgent – str

See also

httpUserAgent()

Setter of property httpUserAgentᅟ .

setOffTheRecord(offTheRecord)#
Parameters:

offTheRecord – bool

See also

isOffTheRecord()

Setter of property offTheRecordᅟ .

setPersistentCookiesPolicy(arg__1)#
Parameters:

arg__1PersistentCookiesPolicy

Setter of property persistentCookiesPolicyᅟ .

setPersistentStoragePath(path)#
Parameters:

path – str

Setter of property persistentStoragePathᅟ .

setPushServiceEnabled(enable)#
Parameters:

enable – bool

Setter of property isPushServiceEnabledᅟ .

setSpellCheckEnabled(enabled)#
Parameters:

enabled – bool

Setter of property spellCheckEnabledᅟ .

setSpellCheckLanguages(languages)#
Parameters:

languages – list of strings

Setter of property spellCheckLanguagesᅟ .

setStorageName(name)#
Parameters:

name – str

See also

storageName()

Setter of property storageNameᅟ .

setUrlRequestInterceptor(interceptor)#
Parameters:

interceptorQWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor

Registers a request interceptor singleton interceptor to intercept URL requests.

The profile does not take ownership of the pointer.

spellCheckEnabledChanged()#

Notification signal of property spellCheckEnabledᅟ .

spellCheckLanguages()#
Return type:

list of strings

Returns the list of languages used by the spell checker.

Getter of property spellCheckLanguagesᅟ .

spellCheckLanguagesChanged()#

Notification signal of property spellCheckLanguagesᅟ .

storageName()#
Return type:

str

See also

setStorageName()

Getter of property storageNameᅟ .

storageNameChanged()#

Notification signal of property storageNameᅟ .

urlSchemeHandler(arg__1)#
Parameters:

arg__1QByteArray

Return type:

QWebEngineUrlSchemeHandler

Returns the custom URL scheme handler register for the URL scheme scheme.