https://github.com/skulltech/webdriver-start

Reliable module for starting up Selenium Webdriver, with custom user-agent and user-profile.
https://github.com/skulltech/webdriver-start

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Reliable module for starting up Selenium Webdriver, with custom user-agent and user-profile.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/skulltech/webdriver-start
• Owner: skulltech
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-11-19T21:42:41.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-01-11T19:23:42.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-16T03:49:51.961Z (24 days ago)
• Topics: chrome, firefox, htmlunit, phantomjs, python, selenium, selenium-webdriver, user-agent
• Language: Python
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• Size: 22.5 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# webdriver-start

Reliable module for starting up Selenium Webdriver with custom modifications. Supports —

- Custom `user-agent`

- Custom user profile.

- Headless mode.

- Firefox and Chrome webdrivers. Open an issue if you want support for more.

## Installation

Install it using pip —

```console

$ pip install webdriver-start

```

## Usage

For Chrome

```python

>>> from wdstart import webdriver

>>> driver = webdriver.Chrome(headless=True, user_agent='this is a custom user-agent', user_profile='/path/to/profile/')

>>> driver

>>> driver.get('http://www.google.com')

>>> driver.title

'Google'

>>> driver.execute_script('return navigator.userAgent')

'this is a custom user-agent'

```

Similarly, for Firefox

```python

>>> from wdstart import webdriver

>>> driver = webdriver.Firefox(headless=True, user_agent='this is a custom user-agent', user_profile='/path/to/profile/')

>>> driver

>>> driver.get('http://www.google.com')

>>> driver.title

'Google'

>>> driver.execute_script('return navigator.userAgent')

'this is a custom user-agent'

```