So I was working on something that requires me to keep the browser open until unless it is closed by the user, however, the browser automatically closes after finishing its tasks, is there any way to prevent this?
def main():
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.maximize_window()
driver.get("https://www.google.com/")
main()
If you want it to stay open, you have to use the 'detach' option
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
def main():
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=chrome_options)
driver.maximize_window()
driver.get("https://www.google.com/")
This should do it
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from selenium import webdriver
driver= webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\Drivers\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe")
driver.get("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com")
just opens the chrome and closes automatically after 1 sec
what is the reason? is this any error with code?
Try using the detach option when initializing the chromedriver. Also, executable_path is deprecated now. Service should be used instead, as following:
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)
webdriver_service = Service('C:\Drivers\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options, service=webdriver_service)
I have checked online and it was mentioned that Selenium closes the browser after running unless you use the option module or the driver.quit() or driver.close() functions but I used the option as shown in the code below but Chrome still closes after 2-3 seconds.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)
chrome_driver_path = r"C:\Development\chromedriver.exe"
serv = Service(chrome_driver_path)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=serv, options=chrome_options)
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
I'm pretty new in programming so I might be an easy question, but I don't understand why the browsers opened by Selenium closes at the end of the code.
from lib2to3.pgen2 import driver
from selenium import webdriver
def Online_PLatform():
Driver = webdriver.Chrome()
Driver.get('https://elearningmarikina.ph/')
Gmail = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[1]/input')
Gmail.send_keys('958rectin#depedmarikina.com')
Pass = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[2]/input')
Pass.send_keys('33112')
Button = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[3]/button')
Button.click()
You can use 2 approaches in order to keep you driver open.
1.
Add the 'detach' option to your driver settings:
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)
Simply add a delay at the end of your test code (less elegant approach but more simple)
from lib2to3.pgen2 import driver
from selenium import webdriver
import time
def Online_PLatform():
Driver = webdriver.Chrome()
Driver.get('https://elearningmarikina.ph/')
Gmail = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[1]/input')
Gmail.send_keys('958rectin#depedmarikina.com')
Pass = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[2]/input')
Pass.send_keys('33112')
Button = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[3]/button')
Button.click()
time.sleep(50)
This is because after the all functions, The code stops running and that's why selenium exits.
You can use the time module to delay.
import time
from lib2to3.pgen2 import driver
from selenium import webdriver
def Online_PLatform():
Driver = webdriver.Chrome()
Driver.get('https://elearningmarikina.ph/')
Gmail = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[1]/input')
Gmail.send_keys('958rectin#depedmarikina.com')
Pass = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[2]/input')
Pass.send_keys('33112')
Button = Driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[3]/button')
Button.click()
time.sleep(50) #---> 50 second delay
I am having the worlds hardest time getting my Python Code to run headerless.. here's what I've done.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
That's included at the top of my script, then I've included this.
def login(self, username, password):
self.destroyDriver()
try:
print(("Logging into => ", username))
chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
# chrome_options.add_argument('--proxy-server=%s' % PROXY)
chrome_options.add_argument('--window-size=1420,1080')
chrome_options.add_argument('--headless')
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
self.driver.implicitly_wait(10)
self.driver.get("https://example.com")
time.sleep(5)
self.driver.find_element_by_class_name("sign-in").click()
time.sleep(6)
self.driver.find_element_by_name("avatarname").send_keys(username)
self.driver.find_element_by_name("password").send_keys(password)
self.driver.find_element_by_class_name("btn-primary").click()
time.sleep(4)
if "welcome/login" in self.driver.current_url:
self.destroyDriver()
return False
except:
self.destroyDriver()
return 17
return True
However, this doesn't work at all the Chrome tab still pops up. I am trying to run headerless because when the tab is minimized on my desktop the Javascript does not load properly, and causes the entire script to break forcing me to keep the tab constantly open.
you have to attach your option into your driver
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
Trying to run this code on my windows 10 machine https://github.com/KalleHallden/reddit_automations/blame/master/movie-tickets.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from decouple import config
import time
# the way to locate the button or thing you want on a website in chrome is
# by pressing cmd + shift + c and then you can use your mouse to find the
# info on the element that you want and you can copy the full xpath.
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
# options.add_argument('--ignore-certificate-errors')
# options.add_argument('--incognito')
# options.add_argument('--headless')
driver = webdriver.Chrome("/Users/kalle/Downloads/chromedriver83", chrome_options=options)
driver.get(config('THEATRE_SITE'))
# for some odd reason you need to reload the site for it to load.
# possibly a bug of the theatre site
driver.get(config('THEATRE_SITE'))
time.sleep(3)
# select city
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div[3]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/ul/li[1]/label/input')
button.click()
# save city
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div[3]/div/div/div[2]/span/button')
button.click()
time.sleep(2)
# proceed to tickets tab
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/nav/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[1]/a')
button.click()
time.sleep(2)
# select the movie you want (should be more specific than just selecting the first one but whateva)
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/main/div/div[2]/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/ul/li[1]/ul/li/div/div[1]/div/span[2]/a')
button.click()
time.sleep(1)
# select the time you want to go
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/main/div/div[1]/div/div/div/div[4]/section/div/div[2]/div[2]/ul/li/ul/li[1]/div/span/span[3]/span[2]/span')
button.click()
time.sleep(1)
# choose amount of people
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/main/div/div[2]/div/div/div/div/section/div/div[2]/div/button')
button.click()
time.sleep(2)
# choose seats
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/main/div/div[1]/div/div/div/div[2]/section/div[3]/div[2]/button')
button.click()
time.sleep(2)
# pay
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/main/div/div[1]/div/div/div/div[2]/section/div[4]/div/div[2]/button/span')
button.click()
I have all the correct programs installed:
running python 3.8
have chrome webdriver installed
running version 84 stable chrome web browser
When I run the program it opens chrome however I get a blank web page with nothing on there but some text which says "data:." that is all nothing else.
This is the error I get in VS code:
:\Users\user>python c:/chromedriver_win32/movie-tickets1.py
c:/chromedriver_win32/movie-tickets1.py:15: DeprecationWarning: use options instead of chrome_options
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:29442/devtools/browser/872d4312-b51d-4a38-bc1b-3b80495950
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:/chromedriver_win32/movie-tickets1.py", line 17, in <module>
driver.get(config("https://www.google.co.uk"))
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\decouple.py", line 199, in __call__
return self.config(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\decouple.py", line 83, in __call__
return self.get(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages\decouple.py", line 68, in get
raise UndefinedValueError('{} not found. Declare it as envvar or define a default value.'.format(option))
decouple.UndefinedValueError: https://www.google.co.uk not found. Declare it as envvar or define a default value.
Any help would be much appreciated, I am unsure why decouple is not working.
This error message...
DeprecationWarning: use options instead of chrome_options
...implies that in your program you have used chrome_options to initiate a Selenium driven ChromeDriver initiated google-chrome Browsing Context.
chrome_options is deprecated now and you have to use options instead as well as pass the absolute path of the ChromeDriver along with the extension.
Solution
As you are triggering your tests on a windows-10 system, effectively you line of code will be:
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--headless')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe', options=options)
It's ok!
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument('--headless')
browser = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
no, the error will remain if you cover it like this
browser = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
it will be right
browser = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
***Below code sample is from 2022 and uses Web Driver Manager (https://pypi.org/project/webdriver-manager/)
#Imports for Web Driver, Service, Web Driver Manager
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
#options reference to Chrome Options
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
#Pass options to the WebDriver with ChromeDriverManager
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=ChromeService(ChromeDriverManager().install()), options=options)