python chrome profiles

[lukeis]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 7412

I replace userName with my actual username in the below.

When using Firefox I do the following
fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile('C:/Users/userName/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/mkyhlgmr.default')
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(fp)

and the behavior of the firefox browser is the same when I run my python Selenium scripts
as if I interact with the browser by hand.

I want to try the chrome browser and as expected it does not behave the same inside
the python scripts as when I go to web pages by hand. This is because it is not using
the same profile. I have not been able to find the syntax to do this in python. Below
is what I am using. Can someone please give me the syntax to pass the default profile
to python?



chromedriver = "C:/Anaconda/Scripts/chromedriver"
os.environ["webdriver.chrome.driver"] = chromedriver
str='C:/Users/userName/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default'
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("test-type")
chrome_options.add_argument("user-data dir=C:/Users/userName/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User
Data")

self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver,chrome_options=chrome_options)

Reported by john.nehrbass on 2014-05-29 20:49:50

[lukeis]

You'll find the Python API docs here: http://selenium.googlecode.com/git/docs/api/py/index.html

Reported by andreas.tolf.tolfsen on 2014-06-02 13:31:33

• Status changed: Invalid

[lukeis]

Thanks Adreas, but I am well aware of the documentation page you listed as
well as several others. The page referenced states: "Several
browsers/drivers are supported (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer,
PhantomJS), as well as the Remote protocol." yet after weeks of searching I
am unable to find the information requested and I need help.

In firefox, I have my browser performs identical when I interact with it
using my selenium python code or by interacting with it by hand. I can have
the same history, cash, cookies, saved passwords. etc... by setting my
firefox profile as:

fp =
webdriver.FirefoxProfile('C:/Users/jnehrbass/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/mkyhlgmr.default')
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(fp)


I want to use Chrome, but have been unable to find how to have the chrome
browser act identical to what happens when I interact with the browse by
hand.
So far I an using the below syntax, but I am missing a key feature/option
and can not find an example. Can you please help this lost hacker?

chromedriver = "C:/Anaconda/Scripts/chromedriver"
os.environ["webdriver.chrome.driver"] = chromedriver
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("test-type")
chrome_options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:/Users/jnehrbass/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User
Data")
self.driver =
webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver,chrome_options=chrome_options)


John

Reported by john.nehrbass on 2014-06-04 18:37:18

[lukeis]

Reported by luke.semerau on 2015-09-17 18:22:29

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