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How can Selenium Webdriver be utilized with a proxy in Python?

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answered 2023-05-22 17:42:02 +0000

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To utilize Selenium Webdriver with a proxy in Python, you can follow these steps:

  1. Install the Selenium Python package using pip:
pip install selenium
  1. Download and install the appropriate version of the WebDriver for your browser.

  2. Import the necessary packages:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.proxy import Proxy, ProxyType
  1. Create a Proxy object with the appropriate settings:
proxy = Proxy()
proxy.proxy_type = ProxyType.MANUAL
proxy.http_proxy = "http://username:password@ip_address:port"

Replace username, password, ip_address, and port with the appropriate values for your proxy.

  1. Create a WebDriver object with the Proxy set as desired:
firefox_capabilities = webdriver.DesiredCapabilities.FIREFOX
firefox_capabilities['marionette'] = True

options = webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
options.add_argument('-headless')
options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
options.add_argument("window-size=1024,768")
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=options, firefox_options=options, capabilities=firefox_capabilities, proxy=proxy)

You can change the browser and its options as desired.

  1. Use the WebDriver object as desired to interact with the website.
browser.get("http://www.example.com/")
  1. Finally, close the WebDriver after using it:
browser.close()

These are the basic steps to utilize Selenium Webdriver with a proxy in Python. Remember to replace the proxy settings with your own values.

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