pretty brief question.....
when i use selenium with python and open google chrome it opens a new windows saying"Chrome is controlled by automated test software" and not in a normal window what should i do?
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How do I navigate and click buttons on an already open Chrome instance/window. So the scenario is, that an application named "ApplicationNAME" is installed on my Windows machine, but its not a Windows application, because when I run the application it is only opening a chrome instance (not the default Chrome browser). I am also able to see the Developers Tool of chrome, and I am able to inspect the elements which means a chrome instance is opened.
So the idea is to automate this Application using Python and Selenium. I am open for alternate suggestions too. Thank you!
I have used the below Python (3.7.3) code but it doesn't help, because it rather opens another Chrome browser or navigate to already open Chrome window rather than going into the desired "ApplicationNAME" chrome instance.
from pywinauto.application import Application, WindowSpecification
import time
import requests
import selenium
from selenium import webdriver
app = Application().start(cmd_line=u'"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ApplicationName.exe" ')
chromewidgetwin = app[u'ApplicationName']
chromewidgetwin.wait('ready')
chromerenderwidgethosthwnd = chromewidgetwin[u'Chrome Legacy Window']
chromerenderwidgethosthwnd.click()
Driver = webdriver.Chrome ("C:\\chromedriver.exe")
Driver.switch_to_window('ApplicationName')
I'm working with Python and Selenium to do some automation in the office, and I need to fill in an "upload file" dialog box (a windows "open" dialog box), which was invoked from a site using a headless chrome browser. Does anyone have any idea on how this could be done?
If I wasn't using a headless browser, Pywinauto could be used with a line similar to the following, for example, but this doesn't appear to be an option in headless chrome:
app.pane.open.ComboBox.Edit.type_keys(uploadfilename + "{ENTER}")
Thank you in advance!
This turned out to not be possible. I ended up running the code on a VM and setting a registry key to allow automation to be run while the VM was minimized, disconnected, or otherwise not being interacted with by users.
I'm looking for a solution that could help me out automating the already opened application in Chrome web browser using Selenium and Python web driver. The issue is that the application is super secured, and if it is opened in incognito mode as Selenium tries to do, it sends special code on my phone. This defeats the whole purpose. Can someone provide a hacky way or any other work around/open source tool to automate the application.
Selenium doesn't start Chrome in incognito mode, It just creates a new and fresh profile in the temp folder. You could force Selenium to use the default profile or you could launch Chrome with the debug port opened and the let Selenium connect to it. There is also a third way which is to preinstall the webdriver extension in Chrome. These are the only ways I've encountered to automate Chrome with Selenium.
When I'm writing a selenium python script, I have to start a session with some command like
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
However, this opens a new browser window.
What I would like is to have the window that is already open be accessed by the script, much like it would be if I have started the selenium IDE add-on (that cannot run python scripts afaik).
Could anybody please tell me if there is a way to do that?
I've often wanted this functionality with Selenium and Python myself. Unfortunately, it's not part of Selenium's current features.
For more info, check out the answer threads here:
Can Selenium interact with an existing browser session?
(looks like someone came up with a hack solution, but I haven't tested it)
and here:
Can Selenium webdriver attach to already open browser window?
Good luck!
I am using selenium 2 (WebDriver) now and I would like to get the control of current opened browser window instead of open a new one. That means I can't use driver.get("url") which is showed in all online documents. Could anyone help?
FYI, I am using Python binding of selenium and firefox. Thanks.
Unfortunately you can't connect to an open browser at the moment. There is an open bug for WebDriver to support that