Can we run selenium in our current account logged in browser ?
Basically if i try logging into google using selenium , its says browser insecure.
i am trying to make a amazon cart auto checkout as a school project
so if i try in my existing browser , my amazon id is already registered and i dont have to sign in again . but if i use amazon login in selenium its asking for signin and 2fa is being sent to my mail id, how to i skip this step and directly go to the logged in page??
please help
You can't use your non-chrome driver browser (aka regular chrome browser). Selenium only works with chrome-drivers. One way remain signed in is to specify a profile in options so that every-time the driver initiates, it loads your cookies and history.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=Amazon")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
From the code above, chrome_options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=Amazon") will create a profile 'Amazon' if not already there, and save cookies and history there.
The next time you run the driver it will load it from 'Amazon'.
Here is a blog that explains how to install a chrome browser remotely on a specific folder by installing a dedicated browser onto it to use selenium with.
This manages all data including cache, history, accounts, etc
for further info refer the link here
Here is a blog that explains how to install a chrome browser remotely on a specific folder by installing a dedicated browser onto it to use selenium with.
This manages all data including cache, history, accounts, etc
for further info refer the link here
https://learn-automation.com/how-to-execute-selenium-scripts-on-already-opened-browser/
I have a problem with Google login. I want to login to my account but Google says that automation drivers are not allowed to log in.
I am looking for a solution. Is it possible to get a cookie of normal Firefox/Chrome and load it into the ChromeDriver/GeckoDriver? I thought that this can be a solution. But I am not sure is it possible or not..
Looking for solutions...
Also, I want to add a quick solution. I solved this issue by
using one of my old verified account. That can be a quick solution for
you.
I had the same problem and found the solution for it. I am using
1) Windows 10 Pro
2) Chrome Version 83.0.4103.97 (Official Build) (64-bit)
3) selenium ChromeDriver 83.0.4103.39
Some simple C# code which open google pages
var options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments(#"user-data-dir=c:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\");
IWebDriver driver = new OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome.ChromeDriver();
driver = new ChromeDriver(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), options);
driver.Url = "https://accounts.google.com/";
Console.ReadKey();
The core problem here you cant login when you use selenium driver, but you can use the profile which already logged to the google accounts.
You have to find where your Chrome store profile is and append it with "user-data-dir" option.
PS. Replace {username} with your real account name.
On linux the user profile is in "~/.config/google-chrome".
This error message...
...implies that the WebDriver instance was unable to authenticate the Browsing Context i.e. Browser session.
This browser or app may not be secure
This error can happen due to different factors as follows:
In the article "This browser or app may not be secure" error when trying to sign in with Google on desktop apps #Raphael Schaad mentioned that, if an user can log into the same app just fine with other Google accounts, then the problem must be with the particular account. In majority of the cases the possible reason is, this particular user account is configured with Two Factor Authentification.
In the article Less secure apps & your Google Account it is mentioned that, if an app or site doesn’t meet google-chrome's security standards, Google may block anyone who’s trying to sign in to your account from it. Less secure apps can make it easier for hackers to get in to your account, so blocking sign-ins from these apps helps keep your account safe.
Solution
In these cases the respective solution would be to:
Disable Two Factor Authentification for this Google account and execute your #Test.
Allow less secure apps
You can find a detailed discussion in Unable to sign into google with selenium automation because of "This browser or app may not be secure."
Deep Dive
However, to help protect your account, Web Browsers may not let you sign in from some browsers. Google might stop sign-ins from browsers that:
Doesn't support JavaScript or have Javascript turned off.
Have AutomationExtension or unsecure or unsupported extensions added.
Use automation testing frameworks.
Are embedded in a different application.
Solution
In these cases there are diverse solutions:
Use a browser that supports JavaScript:
Chrome
Safari
Firefox
Opera
Internet Explorer
Edge
Turn on JavaScript in Web Browsers: If you’re using a supported browser and still can’t sign in, you might need to turn on JavaScript.
If you still can’t sign in, it might be because you have AutomationExtension / unsecure / unsupported extensions turned on and you may need to turn off as follows:
public class browserAppDemo
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("start-maximized");
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Collections.singletonList("enable-automation"));
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.get("https://accounts.google.com/signin")
new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//input[#id='identifierId']"))).sendKeys("gashu");
driver.findElement(By.id("identifierNext")).click();
new WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//input[#name='password']"))).sendKeys("gashu");
driver.findElement(By.id("passwordNext")).click();
System.out.println(driver.getTitle());
}
}
You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:
Gmail login using selenium webdriver in java
Selenium test scripts to login into google account through new ajax login form
Additional Considerations
Finally, some old browser versions might not be supported, so ensure that:
JDK is upgraded to current levels JDK 8u241.
Selenium is upgraded to current levels Version 3.141.59.
ChromeDriver is updated to current ChromeDriver v80.0 level.
Chrome is updated to current Chrome Version 80.0 level. (as per ChromeDriver v80.0 release notes)
Solution without redirecting, using firefox driver, or changing any google account settings:
If you have a specific Google account you want to access, create a chrome profile with it and then load the chrome profile when using selenium:
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=C:/Users/{userName}/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile {#}/")
driver = webdriver.Chrome("C:/bin/chromedriver.exe", chrome_options=options)
Windows:
The profile {#} in the file path above will vary so I suggest checking inside of the User Data folder which profile you want to use. For example, if you currently only have 1 chrome account there will be no Profile directory (resorts to "Default" directory) in User Data but if you create a second chrome account there will be a "Profile 1" directory in User Data.
Note that you should create a new google chrome profile to use with selenium because attempting to use a chrome profile that is already in use (opened in another chrome window) will cause an error.
Mac:
This solution may or may not work on mac but to find the chrome account folder/filepath follow the instructions in the comment left by #bfhaha
One Solution that works for me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/60328992/12939291 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkgDRRWrZKg
Short: Stackoverflow Login with Google Account with Redirect
from selenium import webdriver
from time import sleep
class Google:
def __init__(self, username, password):
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome('./chromedriver')
self.driver.get('https://stackoverflow.com/users/signup?ssrc=head&returnurl=%2fusers%2fstory%2fcurrent%27')
sleep(3)
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="openid-buttons"]/button[1]').click()
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[#type="email"]').send_keys(username)
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="identifierNext"]').click()
sleep(3)
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[#type="password"]').send_keys(password)
self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="passwordNext"]').click()
sleep(2)
self.driver.get('https://youtube.com')
sleep(5)
username = ''
password = ''
Google(username, password)
I just tried something out that worked for me after several hours of trial and error.
Adding args: ['--disable-web-security', '--user-data-dir', '--allow-running-insecure-content' ] to my config resolved the issue.
I realized later that this was not what helped me out as I tried with a different email and it didn't work. After some observations, I figured something else out and this has been tried and tested.
Using automation:
Go to https://stackoverflow.com/users/login
Select Log in with Google Strategy
Enter Google username and password
Login to Stackoverflow
Go to https://gmail.com (or whatever Google app you want to access)
After doing this consistently for like a whole day (about 24 hours), try automating your login directly to gmail (or whatever Google app you want to access) directly... I've had at least two other people do this with success.
PS - You might want to continue with the stackoverflow login until you at least get a captcha request as we all went through that phase as well.
This might be still open / not answered
Here is an working (28.04.2021) example in this following thread:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/66308429/15784196
Use Firefox as driver. I tested his example and it did work!
#Mike-Fakesome on this https://gist.github.com/ikegami-yukino/51b247080976cb41fe93 thread suggest a solution that works
import undetected_chromedriver.v2 as uc
import random,time,os,sys
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
GMAIL = '<GMAIL_HERE>'
PASSWORD = '<PASSWORD_HERE>'
chrome_options = uc.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-popup-blocking")
chrome_options.add_argument("--profile-directory=Default")
chrome_options.add_argument("--ignore-certificate-errors")
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-plugins-discovery")
chrome_options.add_argument("--incognito")
chrome_options.add_argument("user_agent=DN")
driver = uc.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
driver.delete_all_cookies()
driver.get("https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth/oauthchooseaccount?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.google.com%2Foauthplayground&prompt=consent&response_type=code&client_id=407408718192.apps.googleusercontent.com&scope=email&access_type=offline&flowName=GeneralOAuthFlow")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div/form/span/section/div/div/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[1]/input").send_keys(GMAIL)
driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div/form/span/section/div/div/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[1]/input").send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
time.sleep(10)
also you can use import undetected_chromedriver as uc instead of import undetected_chromedriver.v2 as uc now as well
I solved this issue last week using following steps:
First two steps are out of your project code.
Create a new user directory for Chrome browser.
You can name this folder whatever you like and place it anywhere.
Run Chrome browser in debugger mode using just created directory
cd C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application
chrome.exe --remote-debuggin-port=9222 --user-data-dir="C:\localhost"
You can use any free port but I followed this article:
https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/
Browser window opens.
Login manually to Google / Facebook / etc using opened window.
Close the browser.
In your project:
Copy chrome-user-directory you just created into 'resources' package.
Set debugging option for Chrome driver.
/**
* This method is added due to Google security policies changed.
* Now it's impossible to login in Google account via Selenium at first time.
* We use a user data directory for Chrome where we previously logged in.
*/
private WebDriver setWebDriver() {
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--user-data-dir=" + System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/src/main/resources/localhost");
options.addArguments("--remote-debugging-port=9222");
return new ChromeDriver(options);
}
Enjoy.
PS: If you have another solution without copying chrome user-directory into the project, please share it)
I found a solution ,#theycallmepix and #Yinka Albi are correct but because(i think) google blacklisted accounts that did just programatically login the first time and so later they coudn't login normally. So Basically just use different a account and go to to Stackauth or StackoverFlow. Then manually login with Google(first link your account) And then manually login in google.com and then it should work prgramaticaly
P.S. pls comment if this doesn't work
Use the below given snippet method to Login to your Google Account.
Language: Python3
Redirect via: StackAuth (Reason explained at the end)
[Edit: You need to import the required packages. Make sure that the Automation that you do is running in Foreground, I mean, it's not minimised until you login completely. Once if the login is successful, then you can re-direct to the required website that you want.]
def login(username, password): # Logs in the user
driver.get('https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth/identifier?client_id=717762328687-iludtf96g1hinl76e4lc1b9a82g457nn.apps.googleusercontent'
'.com&scope=profile%20email&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fstackauth.com%2Fauth%2Foauth2%2Fgoogle&state=%7B%22sid%22%3A1%2C%22st%22%3A%2'
'259%3A3%3Abbc%2C16%3A561fd7d2e94237c0%2C10%3A1599663155%2C16%3Af18105f2b08c3ae6%2C2f06af367387a967072e3124597eeb4e36c2eff92d3eef697'
'1d95ddb5dea5225%22%2C%22cdl%22%3Anull%2C%22cid%22%3A%22717762328687-iludtf96g1hinl76e4lc1b9a82g457nn.apps.googleusercontent.com%22%'
'2C%22k%22%3A%22Google%22%2C%22ses%22%3A%2226bafb488fcc494f92c896ee923849b6%22%7D&response_type=code&flowName=GeneralOAuthFlow')
driver.find_element_by_name("identifier").send_keys(username)
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[#id='identifierNext']/div/button/div[2]"))).click()
driver.implicitly_wait(4)
try:
driver.find_element_by_name("password").send_keys(password)
WebDriverWait(driver, 2).until(expected_conditions.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[#id='passwordNext']/div/button/div[2]"))).click()
except TimeoutException:
print('\nUsername/Password seems to be incorrect, please re-check\nand Re-Run the program.')
del username, password
exit()
except NoSuchElementException:
print('\nUsername/Password seems to be incorrect, please re-check\nand Re-Run the program.')
del username, password
exit()
try:
WebDriverWait(driver, 5).until(lambda webpage: "https://stackoverflow.com/" in webpage.current_url)
print('\nLogin Successful!\n')
except TimeoutException:
print('\nUsername/Password seems to be incorrect, please re-check\nand Re-Run the program.')
exit()
The above code, takes 2 parameters - gmailID and password. If the password or username is wrong, then you'll notified.
Why stackauth?
-> Stackauth uses OAuth 2.0 authorisation to access Google APIs(here, Google account login needs Google API to work) to securely login a user into his/her Google Account.
Click here to read more about OAuth.
Edit:
I just answered to my own question which I'd posted yesterday thinking that it might help you.
As of now, 2021, it can successfully bypass all the google restrictions that used to occur when logging in.
Feel free to revert back if it doesn't work.
Link to my answer is here
If your Chrome browser was spun up using Chromedriver, then there is detectable evidence that websites can use to determine if you're using Selenium, and then they can block you. However, if the Chrome browser is spun up before Chromedriver connects to it, then you have a browser that no longer looks like an automation-controlled one. Modern web automation libraries such as undetectable-chromedriver are aware of this, and so they make sure Chrome is spun up before connecting chromedriver to it.
The modern framework that I use for these situations is SeleniumBase in undetected chromedriver mode. Here's a script that you can use to get past automation detection on Google: (Run with python after installing seleniumbase with pip install -U seleniumbase)
from seleniumbase import SB
with SB(uc=True) as sb:
sb.open("https://www.google.com/gmail/about/")
sb.click('a[data-action="sign in"]')
sb.type('input[type="email"]', "NAME#gmail.com")
sb.click('button:contains("Next")')
sb.type('input[type="password"]', PASSWORD)
sb.click('button:contains("Next")')
sb.sleep(5)
A slow yet good solution would be delaying every key press. Why? because google uses a kind of captcha where it analyzes your typing speed and more things. So if you wanna type a mail or password like example#example.com, you'd have to do this:
for i in "example#example.com\n": #\n because the submit doesn't work in input fields in google sign in, so \n is equivalent of pressing enter
element.send_keys(i)
time.sleep(0.4) #don't forget to import time or something else with which you could delay your code!
time.sleep(1) #also this sleep because when the button will redirect url, it'd not reload the site and selenium will not wait so one more sleep
PS: if not working, try changing the values of sleep or any other delaying function
Though I realize it's NOT "good" practice - I have a use case where I need to point (hook up) the Selenium driver to my default Chrome session/profile.
My default profile is here:
~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default
Here is how I'm seting it up currently: (not working)
from selenium import webdriver
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome")
options.add_argument("--profile-directory=Default")
browser = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r"./chromedriver")
browser.get("http://google.com")
I'm using Chrome version 74.0.3729.169 and chromedriver version ChromeDriver 74.0.3729.6 (which is the compatible version).
When Chrome opens I don't see any cookies in Chrome's settings so it's clear it's NOT being pointed to my default session. Also, I see that a Selenium directory has been created (which appears to mean that it has failed to connect to the session at ~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default.
How do I hook up selenium to my default Chrome session? This is the same session as one sees when normally opening up Chrome.
I've looked at this other question, but the answer there fails to address how to point Selenium towards default session. Also - it's an outdated question - Chrome and Chromedriver have progressed a lot since then. Also, the question there assumes that the poster is able to connect to default session - I am not able to do that which suggests that the Chromedriver/Chrome have changed since then. Also that question is for Windows - I'm on a Mac where things work differently.
Make sure you are pointing to the right folder using "Chrome://version".
I am using the windows but it should be similar in you mac case too.
Refer to this link for more information.
How to create a custom profile:
You can create your own custom profile by just running Chrome (on the command-line or through ChromeDriver) with the user-data-dir switch set to some new directory. If the path doesn't exist, Chrome will create a new profile in the specified location. You can then modify the profile settings as desired, and ChromeDriver can use the profile in the future. Open chrome://version in the browser to see what profile Chrome is using.
Reference:
http://chromedriver.chromium.org/capabilities
To start with, No, you can't point (hook up) the Selenium driver to any of the existing/previous Web Browsing session. Even if you are able to extract the Session ID, Cookies and other session attributes from the existing/previous Web Browsing session, still you won't be able to pass those attributes as a HOOK to the WebDriver.
You can find a detailed discussion in How can I reconnect to the browser opened by webdriver with selenium?
But of coarse you can connect to the existing Default Chrome profile.
You seem to be already aware that trying to use the Default Chrome Profile for Test Automation will be against all the best practices as the Default Chrome Profile may contain either/all of the following:
browser settings
Extensions
Bookmarks
Apps
Saved Passwords
Browsing History
etc
So the Default Chrome Profile may not be in compliance with you Test Specification and may occasionally raise exception while trying to load. Hence you should always use a customized Chrome Profile.
You can find a detailed discussion in How to open a Chrome Profile through --user-data-dir argument of Selenium
If your usecase still warrants to use the Default Chrome Profile you need to follow the below mentioned details.
Location of Default Chrome Profile
As per the documentation in How to Find Your Chrome Profile Folder on Windows, Mac, and Linux the location for Chrome’s default profile folder differs depending on your platform. The locations are:
Windows 7, 8.1, and 10: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Mac OS X El Capitan: Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default
Linux: /home/<username>/.config/google-chrome/default
You need to replace <username> with the name of your user folder. The default profile folder is simply named Default (or default in Linux). However, if you’ve created additional profiles, their folder names are not as obvious. The name you assigned to the profile when you created it displays on a name button on the right side of the title bar on the Chrome window. Unfortunately, the name Chrome uses on the associated profile folder is a generic, numbered name like Profile 3.
If you need to know any of the Chrome Profile's folder name, you simply need to access chrome://version in the address bar and press Enter.
Snapshot:
The Profile Path shows the location of the current profile. For example, the location of my Default profile in my Windows 10 system is C:\Users\Soma Bhattacharjee\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default. You can select the path and copy it and paste it into File Explorer in Windows, the Finder on OS X or into a file manager like Nautilus in Linux to access that folder.
Sample Code (Windows 10)
Finally, to access the Default Chrome Profile you can use the following Python based solution:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\Soma Bhattacharjee\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in")
You can find a detailed discussion in How to use Chrome Profile in Selenium Webdriver Python 3
How to open same selenium profile none temporary copy from my profile
I need the same firefox profile in C#
I already read this article:
How to stop Selenium from creating temporary Firefox Profiles using Web Driver?
But it's not work with me also I use C#, not java I tried using:
Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("webdriver.firefox.profile", "Profile0", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
but still, create new temporary from the profile I choose but I need the same profile.
Thanks
According to this answer it is not possible to stop selenium creating temporary profiles
How to stop Selenium from creating temporary Firefox Profiles using Web Driver?
I have a doubt on how a profile of a browser affects the output of a Selenium script.
Following are the different scenarios:
If any profile is not specified in the Selenium script, then what profile is opened by Selenium? Is it the default profile the browser has or any new profile assigned by Selenium Webdriver?
Let say there is a profile "ABC" specified in a Selenium script. If the script clicks on a link that opens a new window then the new window has which profile? Is it in the same profile "ABC" or any different profile?
If profiles of a different windows are different then has it any effect on cookies and session?
This differs slightly from browser to browser.
On IE, there are obviously no profiles, so the default one is used.
On FF and Chrome (I don't know about Opera), if there's no profile specified, Selenium opens up with a new, clean profile every time.
Any new window opened by WebDriver is of course opened via the current profile. Once WebDriver is instantiated, it used the assigned profile.
All cookies and sessions behave according to the profile settings.