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This is my code. It opens Google Chrome but does not go to google.com:
from selenium import webdriver
path = r'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
path = r'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
options.add_argument(f'--user-data-dir={path}')
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
chrome_browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=path, options=options)
chrome_browser.get('https://google.com/')
But if I use this, it opens Selenium's Chrome and works (no cache or cookie from my Google Chrome) (edit 1):
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
# path = r'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chromedriver.exe'
path = r'D:\Downloads\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe'
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
user_data = r'C:\Users\Saeed\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data'
options.add_argument(f'--user-data-dir={user_data}')
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(f'{path}', options=options)
driver.get('https://google.com')
Where's the issue?
Edit2
In fact when I use chromedriver.exe WITHOUT profile, it opens chrome driver with no history, passwords, etc.
But when I use chromedriver.exe WITH profile, it opens normal chrome but does not open the web page.
Selenium controls chromedriver.exe not chrome.exe. If you are wanting to use your default profile with Selenium, it needs to point to the directory not the executable itself. This is located usually within your AppData folder, like so:
path_to_profile = r'C:\\Users\\myuser\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data'
path_to_executable = r'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chromedriver.exe'
options.add_argument(f'--user-data-dir={path_to_profile}')
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
chrome_browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=path_to_executable, options=options)
chrome_browser.get('https://google.com/')
Both paths would need to be declared. And remember to close your current running Chrome window before running , or else it will complain the directory is already in use.
I tried to add the below in the serenity.conf file to always load the chrome browser with these options but it fails to load the browser. When I pass in the below options via command line like so "gradle test -Dchrome.switches="--no-sandbox,--ignore-certificate-errors,--homepage=about:blank,--no-first-run" the browser starts successfully.
"-Dchrome.switches="--no-sandbox,--ignore-certificate-errors,--homepage=about:blank,--no-first-run"
Is there a way to always open chrome browser without having to pass this via command line or have the chrome driver as part of the framework?
serenity.conf
#
# WebDriver configuration
#
webdriver {
driver = chrome
autodownload = true
}
#headless.mode = true
serenity.test.root = java
#
# Chrome options can be defined using the chrome.switches property
#
chrome.switches = """--start-maximized;--test-type;--no-sandbox;--ignore-certificate-errors;
--disable-popup-blocking;--disable-default-apps;--disable-extensions-file-access-check;
--disable-web-security;--incognito;--disable-infobars,--disable-gpu,--homepage=about:blank,--no-first-run"""
Thanks!
Try
chrome {
switches = "--start-maximized;--enable-automation;--no-sandbox;--disable-popup-blocking;--disable-default-apps;--disable-infobars;--disable-gpu;--disable-extensions;"
preferences {
download: "{prompt_for_download: false,directory_upgrade: true,default_directory:'${user.dir}/downloaded-files'}"
}
}
Thank you!
I have switched to
#Managed
WebDriver driver;
https://serenity-bdd.github.io/theserenitybook/latest/web-testing-in-serenity.html#_a_simple_selenium_web_test
Below is the information on manned drivers in serenity.
Serenity reduces the amount of code you need to write and maintain when you write web tests. For example, it takes care of creating WebDriver instances, and of opening and closing the browser for you. The following is a very simple Selenium web test using Serenity:
So whenever I try to use my Chrome settings (the settings I use in the default browser) by adding
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\Users\... (my webdriver path)")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="myPath", options=options)
it shows me the error code
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes n 16-17: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
in my bash. I don't know what that means and I'd be happy for any kind of help I can get. Thanks in advance!
The accepted answer is wrong. This is the official and correct way to do it:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument(r"--user-data-dir=C:\path\to\chrome\user\data") #e.g. C:\Users\You\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
options.add_argument(r'--profile-directory=YourProfileDir') #e.g. Profile 3
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\path\to\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in")
To find the profile folder on Windows right-click the desktop shortcut of the Chrome profile you want to use and go to properties -> shortcut and you will find it in the "target" text box.
To get the path, follow the steps below.
In the search bar type the following and press enter
This will then show all the metadata. There find the path to the profile
As per your question and your code trials if you want to open a Chrome Browsing Session here are the following options:
To use the default Chrome Profile:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\AtechM_03\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\path\to\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in")
Note: Your default chrome profile would contain a lot of bookmarks, extensions, theme, cookies etc. Selenium may fail to load it. So as per the best practices create a new chrome profile for your #Test and store/save/configure within the profile the required data.
To use the customized Chrome Profile:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = Options()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\AtechM_03\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Profile 2")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\path\to\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in")
Here you will find a detailed discussion on How to open a Chrome Profile through Python
This is how I managed to use EXISTING CHROME PROFILE in php selenium webdriver.
Profile 6 is NOT my default profile. I dont know how to run default profile. It is IMPORTANT not to add -- before chrome option arguments! All other variants of options didnt work!
<?php
//...
$chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
$chromeOptions->addArguments([
'user-data-dir=C:/Users/MyUser/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data',
'profile-directory=Profile 6'
]);
$host = 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub'; // this is the default
$capabilities = DesiredCapabilities::chrome();
$capabilities->setCapability(ChromeOptions::CAPABILITY, $chromeOptions);
$driver = RemoteWebDriver::create($host, $capabilities, 100000, 100000);
To get name of your chrome profile, go to chrome://settings/manageProfile, click on profile icon, click "Show profile shortcut on my desktop". After that right click on desktop profile icon and go to properties, here you will see something like "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --profile-directory="Profile 6".
Also I recommend you to close all chrome instances before running this code. Also maybe you need to TURN OFF chrome settings > advanced > system > "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed".
None of the given answers were working for me so I researched a bit and now the working code is for is this one. I copied the user dir folder from Profile Path from chrome://version/ and made another argument for the profile as shown below:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\gupta\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data')
options.add_argument('profile-directory=Profile 1')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Program Files (x86)\chromedriver.exe', options=options)
driver.get('https://google.com')
Are you sure you are meant to be putting in the webdriver path in the user-data-dir argument? That's usually where you put your chrome profile e.g. "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\". Also you will need to use either double backslashes or forward slashes in your directory path (both work). You can test if your path works by using the os library
e.g.
import os
os.list("C:\\Users\\yourusername\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Profile 1")
will give you the directory listing.
I might also add that occasionally if you manage to crash chrome while running webdriver with a nominated user profile, that it seems to record the crash in the profile and the next time you open chrome, you get the Chrome prompt to restore pages after it exited abnormally. For me personally this had been a bit of headache to deal with and I no longer use a user profile with chromedriver because of it. I could not find a way around it. Other people have reported it here, but none of their solutions seemed to work for me, or were not suitable for my test cases. https://superuser.com/questions/237608/how-to-hide-chrome-warning-after-crash
If you don't nominate a user profile it seems to create a new (blank) temporary one each time it runs
Make sure you've got the path to the profile right, and that you double escape backslashes in said path.
For example, typically the default profile on windows is located at:
"C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default"
I managed to launch my chrome profile using these arguments:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data");
options.addArguments("--profile-directory=Profile 2");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
You can find out more about the web driver here
You simply have to replace the '\' to '/' in your paths and that'll resolve it.
Get profile name by navigating to chrome://version from your chrome browser (You'll see Profile Path, but you only want the profile name from it (e.g. Profile 1)
Close out all Chrome sessions using the profile you want to use. (or else you will get the following error: InvalidArgumentException)
Now make sure you have the code below (Make sure you replace UserFolder with the name of your userfolder.
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\EnterYourUserFolder\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data") #leave out the profile
options.add_argument("profile-directory=Profile 1") #enter profile here
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\\chromedriver.exe", chrome_options=options)
this worked for me 100% and it showed up my selected profile.
import os
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
# path of your chrome webdriver
dir_path = os.getcwd()
user_profile_path = os.environ[ 'USERPROFILE' ]
#if "frtkpr" which is ll be your custom profile does not exist it will be created.
option.add_argument( "user-data-dir=" + user_profile_path + "/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/frtkpr" )
driver = webdriver.Chrome( dir_path + "/chromedriver.exe",chrome_options=option )
baseUrl = "https://www.facebook.com/"
driver.maximize_window()
driver.get( baseUrl )
I want to download pdf from a website through selenium automation. I am using Chrome 63.0.3239.108 version. I tried below 2 code snippets. but those are not working.
disabling chrome extensions by setting preference like below.
preferences.put("plugins.plugins_disabled", [
"Adobe Flash Player",
"Chrome PDF Viewer"
])
another preference that i used
preferences.put("plugins.always_open_pdf_externally",true);
preferences.put("pdfjs.disabled", true);
Both didn't help to accomplish.Is there any thing to try.
the way I have downloaded files in the past using chromedriver is forcing the chromedriver to download the pdf's in a directory that i can read from
see if the below approach works. This is using python
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = Options()
options.add_experimental_option("prefs", {
"download.default_directory": r"<directory_path>",
"download.prompt_for_download": False,
"download.directory_upgrade": True,
"safebrowsing.enabled": True
})
I'm trying start selenium tests in chrome browser with my custom Profile which contains necessary cookies.
I use Chrome 57 and chromedriver 2.29
My code is :
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("chrome.switches", "--disable-extensions");
options.addArguments("user-data-dir=/Users/tester/Desktop/ChromeProf/QAChromeProfile");
options.addArguments("--ignore-certificate-errors","disable-infobars","enable-automation","--window-size=375,667");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
It works fine, but don't use my chrome profile. Help me, pls...)
Don't include the profile directory in the user-data-dir argument. When using user-data-dir option with any profile besides the default, i've had to also use the profile-dir argument.
Make sure you change user-data-dir to your Chrome User Data directory. Don't worry about spaces. Do not try to put quotes or to escape spaces in the argument value.
Profile 1
from selenium.webdriver import Chrome, ChromeOptions
options = ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:/Users/<username>/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data")
options.add_argument("profile-directory=Profile 1")
driver = Chrome(executable_path=r'C:/path/to/chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
Keep this in mind when running your code. (basically, close any open Chrome instances running before running selenium with custom Chrome profiles in use)