Convert script to importable package

[ppfeister]

FlareSolverr is typically dockerized, but it can be ran as a script if need be. The problem is, this is a pretty poor way to integrate it into other projects.

Just as an example, I'm experimenting with using FlareSolverr as a part of my newer project here. To do so, I have to include FlareSolverr's repository as a submodule and then do some nonsense to treat it as properly importable. Namespace packaging has issues with FlareSolverr as well, so an __init__ file is often needed.

Is there any interest in or opposition to converting FlareSolverr to a properly importable package? This would allow for it to be included in other projects much more easily.

I recently converted Sherlock to a package as well, which allowed for it's easier inclusion in the previously linked project (and others) just the same.

[ppfeister]

@ilike2burnthing I went down a rabbit hole and converted FlareSolverr over in https://github.com/ppfeister/FlareSolverr/tree/refactor/pkg.

Assuming you have Chrome/Chromium and xorg-x11-server-Xvfb (or your distrib's equiv), give it a shot:

pip install flaresolverr
python -m flaresolverr

Should start right up. Much easier to integrate into other projects now. Assuming there's interest, the Dockerfile and similar would just need to be tweaked before bringing any changes forward as a pr.

[ppfeister]

Oh, right --- this version also removes undetected-chromedriver from the flaresolverr repo, and instead includes it as a dependency from pypi. No reason to statically embed anymore now that it's available there.

[ilike2burnthing]

What about the FlareSolverr-specific changes we had made to UC?

[ppfeister]

Let me investigate further. There didn't seem to be much in the way of changes but it sounds like I just botched my diff somehow

Depending on the severity of these changes, I wonder if it makes more sense to overload/overwrite or just keep it embedded.... hm. Probably just embedded as it was before.

Will update shortly

[ilike2burnthing]

Some things have been reverted or changed, but basically anything that wasn't a version bump was specific to us - https://github.com/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr/commits/master/src/undetected_chromedriver

[ppfeister]

FS's custom UC has been returned as a submodule

New rc/demo pushed to pypi under the same name

[ppfeister]

rc{2..4} pushed with Drission to reflect #1300 (comment)