I’m working on a python script to web-scrape and have gone down the path of using Chromedriver as one of the packages. I would like this to operate in the background without any pop-up windows. I’m using the option ‘headless’ on chromedriver and it seems to do the job in terms of not showing the browser window, however, I still
Tag: selenium-chromedriver
Run Multiple Instances of ChromeDriver
Using selenium and python I have several tests that need to run in parallel. To avoid using the same browser I added the parameter of using a specific profile directory and user data (see below). The problem is that I cannot run them simultaneously, one test needs to wait for the other to finish. Otherwise I get the following error
python script is not able to invoke chrome driver on azure
When I am checking my automation script on azure which is trying to invoke chrome driver, it is giving me below error. Script is in python. Answer According to your error information, per my experience, I think you were using Azure App Services to try to drive a chrome you uploaded via webdriver to load some dynamic web content to
Selenium leaves behind running processes?
When my selenium program crashes due to some error, it seems to leave behind running processes. For example, here is my process list: Here is my code: Sometimes, the browser doesn’t load the webpage elements quickly enough so Selenium crashes when it tries to click on something it didn’t find. Other times it works fine. This is a simple example
How to exit dropdown menu in selenium webdriver
I am using selenium webdriver with Chrome. I am able to select item from dropdown menu and it works fine. But it there is no item in dropdown items after that I cannot select any other field. I put this is try catch block so it goes to next steps. If I try to select other field and sendKeys it
Can a website detect when you are using Selenium with chromedriver?
I’ve been testing out Selenium with Chromedriver and I noticed that some pages can detect that you’re using Selenium even though there’s no automation at all. Even when I’m just browsing manually just using Chrome through Selenium and Xephyr I often get a page saying that suspicious activity was detected. I’ve checked my user agent, and my browser fingerprint, and
Error message: “‘chromedriver’ executable needs to be available in the path”
I am using selenium with python and have downloaded the chromedriver for my windows computer from this site: http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=2.15/ After downloading the zip file, I unpacked the zip file to my downloads folder. Then I put the path to the executable binary (C:UsersmichaelDownloadschromedriver_win32) into the Environment Variable “Path”. However, when I run the following code: … I keep getting the