How to use Tor with Chrome browser through Selenium

To use Tor with Chrome browser through Selenium you can use the following solution:

  • Code Block:

    from selenium import webdriver
    import os
    
    # To use Tor's SOCKS proxy server with chrome, include the socks protocol in the scheme with the --proxy-server option
    # PROXY = "socks5://127.0.0.1:9150" # IP:PORT or HOST:PORT
    
    torexe = os.popen(r'C:\Users\Debanjan.B\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\tor.exe')
    PROXY = "socks5://localhost:9050" # IP:PORT or HOST:PORT
    options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
    options.add_argument('--proxy-server=%s' % PROXY)
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
    driver.get("http://check.torproject.org")
    
  • Browser Snapshot:

Tor_Chrome


You can find a relevant discussion in How to connect to Tor browser using Python

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