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I'm trying to get Python Selenium to work on my Windows Machine. I've upgraded to the latest versions of Firefox, Selenium, Geckodriver, but I still receive the below error:
Python Script
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run.py", line 17605, in <module>
File "<string>", line 21, in <module>
File "site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py", line 77, in __init__
File "site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\extension_connection.py", line 49, in __init__
File "site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\firefox_binary.py", line 68, in launch_browser
File "site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\firefox_binary.py", line 103, in _wait_until_connectable
WebDriverException: Message: Can't load the profile. Profile Dir: %s If you specified a log_file in the FirefoxBinary constructor, check it for details.
I've also tried creating the firefox profile with the below code:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary
profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.set_preference('browser.download.folderList', 2)
profile.set_preference('browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting', False)
profile.set_preference('browser.download.dir', os.getcwd())
profile.set_preference('browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk', ('application/vnd.ms-excel'))
profile.set_preference('general.warnOnAboutConfig', False)
gecko_path = "path_to_geckodriver\\geckodriver.exe"
path = "path_to_firefoxs\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"
binary = FirefoxBinary(path)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile,executable_path=gecko_path)
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In order to run a successful Selenium Test, a Firefox profile should be – Let see step by step how to create a Firefox profile. In the first step, First of all close the Firefox if open. Step 2) Open Run (Windows key + R) and type firefox.exe –p Note: If it doesn’t open you can try using full path enclosed in quotes.
The code can then do anything you can do with a web browser, like opening a page, sending key presses or button clicks. To make Firefox work with Python selenium, you need to install the geckodriver.
Automation Script for Selenium. To access newly created Firefox profile in Selenium Webdriver software test, we need to use webdrivers inbuilt class 'profilesIni' and it's method getProfile as shown below. This is a code to implement a profile, which can be embedded in the selenium code.
How to create a Firefox profile. Let see step by step how to create a Firefox profile. Step 1) First of all close the Firefox if open. Step 2) Open Run (windows key + R) and type firefox.exe –p and click OK. Note: If it doesn't open you can try using full path enclosed in quotes.
Solution:
from selenium import webdriver
fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile('/home/gabriel/.mozilla/firefox/whatever.selenium')
driver = webdriver.Firefox(fp)
I struggled until I found this issue which is now solved but was helpful because it shows some commands.
first version, not working because I could not connect with selenium afterward:
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
options = Options()
options.add_argument("-profile")
options.add_argument("/home/gabriel/.mozilla/firefox/whatever.selenium")
firefox_capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.FIREFOX
firefox_capabilities['marionette'] = True
driver = webdriver.Firefox(capabilities=firefox_capabilities, firefox_options=options)
I am sure that this loads the profile "whatever.selenium" because if I go to about:profiles I can read:
Profile: selenium This is the profile in use and it cannot be deleted.
Even though "whatever.selenium" is not the default profile on my system.
Remark: at least one the profile parameters is overridden by selenium (or geckodriver?): Preferences > Privacy and Security > "Block pop-up windows" is always reseted to off. So use about:profiles to make assertions on which profile you are running.
notes:
firefox_capabilities might not be needed in above code.
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