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Open Profile in Chrome Selenium

I want to open profile in selenium (for login in whatsapp for once) like the below code but when run my code chrome open a second tab with this url:http://%3D%20c/Users/Ali/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User%20Data/Default
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import ChromeOptions
PATH = "chromedriver.exe"
url = "https://web.whatsapp.com/"
CH_Option = ChromeOptions()
CH_Option.add_argument("user-data-dir = C:/Users/Ali/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default")
Driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH,options=CH_Option)
Driver.get(url)
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To fix this, change the add_argument line to (removing the spaces in the string):
CH_Option.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:/Users/Ali/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default")

Try to change / in your path to \\
CH_Option.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\Ali\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default")
Try to create a Guest user profile in your chrome driver and change the path to
CH_Option.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\Ali\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Guest Profile")

Python Selenium Firefox - how to enable headless-mode as part of a class/object?

I have the following code:
options = Options()
options = options.set_headless( headless=True)
class Sel_Driver():
def __init__(self):
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=options)
I can then use self.driver.get(url) as part of a method to open urls I feed in. This works - I can feed in and open the URLs, but they don't in headless mode.
(I initially defined the driver as self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=Options().set_headless(headless=True) - but that didn't work, so I tried it as above).
What am I missing? I don't understand why the driver is able to open pages, but the options aren't enabled.

Please try following code :
options = Options()
options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=options)

This will work for you for sure. Try it.Please specify the path of the driver. It is for chrome change it to firefox.
from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = Options()
options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path="C:\\Users\\Username\\Downloads\\chromedriver.exe")
print("Firefox Headless Browser Invoked")
driver.get('https://www.facebook.com/')
jks = driver.find_element_by_id("email").get_attribute("class")
print(jks)
driver.quit()

Disable python chrome driver extensions without lose driver path

I started having issues running a python script which uses selenium and chrome driver, so I want to disable extensions of chrome driver using python without losing the path where the driver is located.
Currently I have the below:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
path_to_Ie = 'C:\\Python34\\ChromeDriver\\ChromeDriver.exe'
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = path_to_Ie)
url = 'https://wwww.test.com/'
browser.get(url)
and I would like to add the below lines:
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
browser = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=chrome_options)
Any idea how I can merge both codes to make it work properly?
Thanks a lot.

Just provide multiple keyword arguments:
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=path_to_Ie, chrome_options=chrome_options)

set "user-data-dir" in selenium python for chrome driver in Ubuntu [duplicate]

I'd like to launch Chrome with its default profile using Python's webdriver so that cookies and site preferences persist across sessions.
How can I do that?

This is what finally got it working for me.
from selenium import webdriver
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Path") #Path to your chrome profile
w = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\\Users\\chromedriver.exe", chrome_options=options)
To find path to your chrome profile data you need to type chrome://version/ into address bar . For ex. mine is displayed as C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default, to use it in the script I had to exclude \Default\ so we end up with only C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data.
Also if you want to have separate profile just for selenium: replace the path with any other path and if it doesn't exist on start up chrome will create new profile and directory for it.

This solved my problem. (remove Default at the end)
from selenium import webdriver
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=/home/username/.config/google-chrome")
cls.driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options,
executable_path="./../ext/chromedriver")
Chrome_Options ist deprecated. Use options instead

I solved my problem with answer of "Yoannes Geissler".
In my case My profile was named "Profile 2"
My Code :
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--user-data-dir=C:/Users/GOD/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data')
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Profile 2')
wd = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
The below line solved my problem:
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Profile 2')

Just to share what worked for me. Using default's profile was complicated, chrome keeps crashing.
from pathlib import Path
from selenium import webdriver
driver_path = Path("{}/driver/chromedriver75.exe".format(PATH_TO_FOLDER))
user_data_dir = Path("{}/driver/User Data".format(PATH_TO_FOLDER))
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
# TELL WHERE IS THE DATA DIR
options.add_argument("--user-data-dir={}".format(user_data_dir))
# USE THIS IF YOU NEED TO HAVE MULTIPLE PROFILES
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=driver_path, options=options)
driver.get("https://google.com/")
By doing this Chrome will create the folder User Data and keep all the data in it where I want and it's easy to just move your project to another machine.

This answer is pretty simple and self-explained.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
exec_path_chrome = "path/to/Google Chrome" #Do not use this path that is extracted from "chrome://version/"
exec_path_driver = "path/to/chromedriver"
ch_options = Options() #Chrome Options
ch_options.add_argument("user-data-dir = /path/to/Chrome Profile") #Extract this path from "chrome://version/"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = exec_path_driver, options = ch_options) #Chrome_Options is deprecated. So we use options instead.
driver.get("https://stackoverflow.com/a/57894065/4061346")
As #MadRabbit said type chrome://version/ into the address bar to find the path to your chrome profile data.
It appears like this in Windows C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
It appears like this in Mac /Users/user/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default
So all you have to do is to erase the last portion Default from the profile path.
Note: Make sure you don't run more than one session at the same time to avoid problems.

This is what I did.
import chromedriver_binary
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)
chrome_options.add_argument(r"--user-data-dir=User Data Directory")
chrome_options.add_argument(r"--profile-directory=Profile name")
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("useAutomationExtension", False)
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches",["enable
logging"])
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable
automation"])
chrome_options.add_argument("start-maximized")
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=chrome_options)
self.wait = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 20)
Here we do not need to give the chrome driver path.

Getting Chrome to launch via Selenium

I am having issues getting an instance of a Chrome browser from selenium in python. I'm using Windows 8. I have downloaded the chromedriver binary and added it to my path but I get the following error in Python:
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'ChromeDriver executable needs to be available in the path.
This error occurs for the following line:
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='path\to\chromedriver_win32_2.0')

Two ways to set it, you somehow mixed up.
Put the chromedriver.exe's path into PATH (on Windows), so your PATH setting is correct, but you need to call the default constructor.
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
Specify the path in webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='some path'). Here you need the full path to the executable, not the directory.
webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Users\HaranKumar\Downloads\chromedriver_win32_2.0\chromedriver.exe')
Choose either one you want.

Assuming that your path is correct, make sure that you include the chromedriver itself: chromedriver.exe

I used the following and it worked! Thanks!
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\chromedriver.exe')
#put your own path between the ''

Even if you have chromedriver.exe in the PATH, its necessary to have chromedriver.exe in the folder where your executable scripts are present(atleast so is the case when it comes to python scripts)

for python(selenium) you will need:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import Chrome
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
then put your chromedriver.exe path in. the "r" is just to prevent it from detecting the \ and causing errors in python
PATH = r"C:\Program Files (x86)\chromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
you can now order the driver to get websites
driver.get('http://www.google.com')

Update 2021
For Python
I got Selenium to open my default Chrome browser with my profile using this:
options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\Sams\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data")
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
Go to: chrome://version/
Look for your "Profile Path"
profile path image
Copy your Profile Path and replace "options.add_argument("--user-data-dir={YOUR PROFILE PATH}")"
The second argument may also look different. Mine so happens to be "Default". For other it may be "Profile 1" or "Profile X" X being an incrementing number.
Close all your Chrome browsers before running. Because the Chrome Driver cannot run an automated browser alongside the rest of your other tabs.
Here is my entire Selenium Config. Hopefully it helps someone.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from selenium.webdriver.remote.webdriver import WebDriver
options = Options()
options.add_argument("--window-size=1920,1080")
options.add_argument("--log-level=3")
options.add_experimental_option('excludeSwitches', ['enable-logging'])
# The 2 arguments below will use your main browser.
options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\Sams\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data") # profile path (C)
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
options.headless = False # To show Chrome or not to show?
PATH = (r"C:\Users\Sams\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\chromedriver.exe")
CHROMEDRIVER_PATH = PATH
driver = webdriver.Chrome(CHROMEDRIVER_PATH, options=options)

I recently ran into this error and I found three main solutions for this chromedriver not in path error
download a library that does it - webdriver_manager or chromedriver_autoinstaller both work
add it to path in your program
add chromedriver executable to your system PATH

Update 2016
The following solution works for me, with WebDriver 3.0.1, Chrome Driver 2.25.426923, Window 7
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","D:\\workspace\\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver;
driver = new ChromeDriver();
*Note:
Chrome Driver
See also: http://www.frontendtest.org/blog/path-executable-chrome/