geckodriver

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘geckodriver.log when running Python/Selenium

The errors gives us some hint about what wrong happening as follows : [Wed Mar 07 03:02:27.719608 2018] [:error] [pid 21555] [client 108.162.250.6:36139] File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py”, line 151, in __init__ [Wed Mar 07 03:02:27.719611 2018] [:error] [pid 21555] [client 108.162.250.6:36139] log_path=log_path) As per the source code the GeckoDriver gets initiated with two default arguments executable_path and … Read more

How to Conceal WebDriver in Geckodriver from BotD in Java?

When using Selenium driven GeckoDriver initiated firefox Browsing Context The webdriver-active flag is set to true when the user agent is under remote control. It is initially false. where, webdriver returns true if webdriver-active flag is set, false otherwise. As: navigator.webdriver Defines a standard way for co-operating user agents to inform the document that it … Read more

Selenium using too much RAM with Firefox

Well, This the serious problem I’ve been going through for some days. But I have found the solution. You can add some flags to optimize your memory usage. options = Options() options.add_argument(“start-maximized”) options.add_argument(“disable-infobars”) options.add_argument(“–disable-extensions”) options.add_argument(‘–no-sandbox’) options.add_argument(‘–disable-application-cache’) options.add_argument(‘–disable-gpu’) options.add_argument(“–disable-dev-shm-usage”) These are the flags I added. Before I added the flags RAM usage kept increasing after it … Read more

How to initiate a Tor Browser 9.5 which uses the default Firefox to 68.9.0esr using GeckoDriver and Selenium through Python

I managed to resolve this by updating to v9.5.1 and implementing the following changes: Note that although the code is in C# the same changes to the Tor browser and how it is launched should be applied. FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile(profilePath); profile.SetPreference(“network.proxy.type”, 1); profile.SetPreference(“network.proxy.socks”, “127.0.0.1”); profile.SetPreference(“network.proxy.socks_port”, 9153); profile.SetPreference(“network.proxy.socks_remote_dns”, false); FirefoxDriverService firefoxDriverService = FirefoxDriverService.CreateDefaultService(geckoDriverDirectory); firefoxDriverService.FirefoxBinaryPath … Read more

Download and save multiple csv files using selenium and python from popup

Here is the Answer to your Question: The element you referred as find_element_by_id(“submit-download-list”) actually downloads a PDF file. So for the benefit of future programmers and readers of this question/post/thread/discussion, you may consider to change your question header to Download and Save PDF file using selenium and python from popup Here is the code block … Read more

OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error with GeckoDriver and Selenium on MacOS

This error message… OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error …implies that the GeckoDriver binary which was invoked was not in proper format. Your main issue is the incompatibility of the GeckoDriver binary format with respect to the underlying Operating System. As you are on MacOS you need to download geckodriver-v0.23.0-macos.tar.gz from mozilla/geckodriver, untar/unzip it and … Read more

How can Geckodriver/Firefox work without Marionette? (running python selenium 3 against FF 53)

You have take care of a couple of things as follows: “untrusted cert” error only on selenium-controlled firefox pop-ups : This is a common issue and we can avoid that through configuring the WebDriver instance through DesiredCapabilities class. turning off marionette : Turning off marionette is no more a solution while we work with Selenium … Read more

using http proxy with selenium Geckodriver

To enable proxy with Firefox browser you need to create a new profile and pass it to the driver as follows: Setting up HTTP proxy: FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile(); profile.setPreference(“network.proxy.type”, 1); profile.setPreference(“network.proxy.http”, “localhost”); profile.setPreference(“network.proxy.http_port”, 3128); WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile); Setting up SSL proxy: FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile(); profile.setPreference(“network.proxy.type”, 1); profile.setPreference(“network.proxy.ssl”, “localhost”); profile.setPreference(“network.proxy.ssl_port”, … Read more

org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotInteractableException: Element could not be scrolled into view when trying to click a button

This error message… Exception in thread “main” org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotInteractableException: Element <a class=”bg-inverse text-white dropdown-item” href=”https://stackoverflow.com/admin/worker-summary”> could not be scrolled into view …implies that the GeckoDriver / FirefoxDriver was unable to interact with the desired element. Solution Once you locate the element btnWorkerSummary moving ahead as you are invoking click() instead of ExpectedConditions as visibilityOf you need … Read more