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QWebEngineProfile::QWebEngineProfile(QObject *parent = Q_NULLPTR)

Constructs a new off-the-record profile with the parent parent.

An off-the-record profile leaves no record on the local machine, and has no persistent data or cache. Thus, the HTTP cache can only be in memory and the cookies can only be non-persistent. Trying to change these settings will have no effect.

See also isOffTheRecord().

QWebEngineProfile::QWebEngineProfile(const QString &storageName, QObject *parent = Q_NULLPTR)

Constructs a new profile with the storage name storageName and parent parent.

The storage name must be unique.

A disk-based QWebEngineProfile should be destroyed on or before application exit, otherwise the cache and persistent data may not be fully flushed to disk.

See also storageName().

QString QWebEngineProfile::cachePath() const

Returns the path used for caches.

By default, this is below QStandardPaths::writableLocation() in a storage name specific directory.

See also setCachePath(), storageName(), and QStandardPaths::writableLocation().

void QWebEngineProfile::clearAllVisitedLinks()

Clears all links from the visited links database.

See also clearVisitedLinks().

void QWebEngineProfile::clearHttpCache()

Removes the profile's cache entries.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.7.

void QWebEngineProfile::clearVisitedLinks(const QList<QUrl> &urls)

Clears the links in urls from the visited links database.

See also clearAllVisitedLinks().

QWebEngineCookieStore *QWebEngineProfile::cookieStore()

Returns the cookie store for this profile.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

[static] QWebEngineProfile *QWebEngineProfile::defaultProfile()

Returns the default profile.

The default profile uses the storage name "Default".

See also storageName().

[signal] void QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested(QWebEngineDownloadItem *download)

This signal is emitted whenever a download has been triggered. The download argument holds the state of the download. The download has to be explicitly accepted with QWebEngineDownloadItem::accept() or it will be cancelled by default. The download item is parented by the profile. If it is not accepted, it will be deleted immediately after the signal emission. This signal cannot be used with a queued connection.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.5.

See also QWebEngineDownloadItem.

QString QWebEngineProfile::httpAcceptLanguage() const

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

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also setHttpAcceptLanguage().

int QWebEngineProfile::httpCacheMaximumSize() const

Returns the maximum size of the HTTP cache in bytes.

Will return 0 if the size is automatically controlled by QtWebEngine.

See also setHttpCacheMaximumSize() and httpCacheType().

HttpCacheType QWebEngineProfile::httpCacheType() const

Returns the type of HTTP cache used.

If the profile is off-the-record, MemoryHttpCache is returned.

See also setHttpCacheType() and cachePath().

QString QWebEngineProfile::httpUserAgent() const

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

See also setHttpUserAgent().

void QWebEngineProfile::installUrlSchemeHandler(const QByteArray &scheme, QWebEngineUrlSchemeHandler *handler)

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

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

bool QWebEngineProfile::isOffTheRecord() const

Returns true if this is an off-the-record profile that leaves no record on the computer.

This will force cookies and HTTP cache to be in memory, but also force all other normally persistent data to be stored in memory.

bool QWebEngineProfile::isSpellCheckEnabled() const

Returns true if the spell checker is enabled; otherwise returns false.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.8.

See also setSpellCheckEnabled().

PersistentCookiesPolicy QWebEngineProfile::persistentCookiesPolicy() const

Returns the current policy for persistent cookies.

If the profile is off-the-record, NoPersistentCookies is returned.

See also setPersistentCookiesPolicy().

QString QWebEngineProfile::persistentStoragePath() const

Returns the path used to store persistent data for the browser and web content.

Persistent data includes persistent cookies, HTML5 local storage, and visited links.

By default, this is below QStandardPaths::writableLocation() in a storage name specific directory.

See also setPersistentStoragePath(), storageName(), and QStandardPaths::writableLocation().

void QWebEngineProfile::removeAllUrlSchemeHandlers()

Removes all custom URL scheme handlers installed in the profile.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

void QWebEngineProfile::removeUrlScheme(const QByteArray &scheme)

Removes the custom URL scheme scheme from the profile.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also removeUrlSchemeHandler().

void QWebEngineProfile::removeUrlSchemeHandler(QWebEngineUrlSchemeHandler *handler)

Removes the custom URL scheme handler handler from the profile.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also removeUrlScheme().

QWebEngineScriptCollection *QWebEngineProfile::scripts() const

Returns the collection of scripts that are injected into all pages that share this profile.

See also QWebEngineScriptCollection, QWebEngineScript, and QWebEnginePage::scripts().

void QWebEngineProfile::setCachePath(const QString &path)

Overrides the default path used for disk caches, setting it to path.

If set to the null string, the default path is restored.

See also cachePath().

void QWebEngineProfile::setHttpAcceptLanguage(const QString &httpAcceptLanguage)

Sets the value of the Accept-Language HTTP request-header field to httpAcceptLanguage.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also httpAcceptLanguage().

void QWebEngineProfile::setHttpCacheMaximumSize(int maxSize)

Sets the maximum size of the HTTP cache to maxSize bytes.

Setting it to 0 means the size will be controlled automatically by QtWebEngine.

See also httpCacheMaximumSize() and setHttpCacheType().

void QWebEngineProfile::setHttpCacheType(QWebEngineProfile::HttpCacheType httpCacheType)

Sets the HTTP cache type to httpCacheType.

See also httpCacheType() and setCachePath().

void QWebEngineProfile::setHttpUserAgent(const QString &userAgent)

Overrides the default user-agent string, setting it to userAgent.

See also httpUserAgent().

void QWebEngineProfile::setPersistentCookiesPolicy(QWebEngineProfile::PersistentCookiesPolicy newPersistentCookiesPolicy)

Sets the policy for persistent cookies to newPersistentCookiesPolicy.

See also persistentCookiesPolicy().

void QWebEngineProfile::setPersistentStoragePath(const QString &path)

Overrides the default path used to store persistent web engine data.

If path is set to the null string, the default path is restored.

See also persistentStoragePath().

void QWebEngineProfile::setRequestInterceptor(QWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor *interceptor)

Registers a request interceptor singleton interceptor to intercept URL requests.

The profile does not take ownership of the pointer.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo.

void QWebEngineProfile::setSpellCheckEnabled(bool enable)

Enables spell checker if enable is true, otherwise disables it.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.8.

See also isSpellCheckEnabled().

void QWebEngineProfile::setSpellCheckLanguages(const QStringList &languages)

Sets the current list of languages for the spell checker. Each language should match the name of the .bdic dictionary. For example, the language en-US will load the en-US.bdic dictionary file.

Qt WebEngine checks for the qtwebengine_dictionaries subdirectory first in the local directory and if it is not found, in the Qt installation directory.

On macOS, depending on how Qt WebEngine is configured at build time, there are two possibilities how spellchecking data is found:

• Hunspell dictionaries (default) - .bdic dictionaries are used, just like on other platforms
• Native dictionaries - the macOS spellchecking APIs are used (which means the results will depend on the installed OS dictionaries)

Thus, in the macOS Hunspell case, Qt WebEngine will look in the qtwebengine_dictionaries subdirectory located inside the application bundle Resources directory, and also in the Resources directory located inside the Qt framework bundle.

To summarize, in case of Hunspell usage, the following paths are considered:

• QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()/qtwebengine_dictionaries or QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()/../Contents/Resources/qtwebengine_dictionaries (on macOS)
• [QLibraryInfo::DataPath]/qtwebengine_dictionaries or path/to/QtWebEngineCore.framework/Resources/qtwebengine_dictionaries (Qt framework bundle on macOS)

For more information about how to compile .bdic dictionaries, see the Spellchecker Example.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.8.

See also spellCheckLanguages().

QWebEngineSettings *QWebEngineProfile::settings() const

Returns the default settings for all pages in this profile.

QStringList QWebEngineProfile::spellCheckLanguages() const

Returns the list of languages used by the spell checker.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.8.

See also setSpellCheckLanguages().

QString QWebEngineProfile::storageName() const

Returns the storage name for the profile.

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

const QWebEngineUrlSchemeHandler *QWebEngineProfile::urlSchemeHandler(const QByteArray &scheme) const

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

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

bool QWebEngineProfile::visitedLinksContainsUrl(const QUrl &url) const

Returns true if url is considered a visited link by this profile.