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Using an existing browser session in Selenium can be beneficial when you want to interact with a browser that is already open, possibly with certain user sessions or configurations. This tutorial will guide you through the process of attaching Selenium to an existing browser session using Python and the Selenium WebDriver.
Step 1: Install Selenium
Make sure you have the Selenium library installed. You can install it using pip:
Step 2: Install Browser Driver
Download the appropriate browser driver for your browser. For this tutorial, we'll use the Chrome browser, so download the ChromeDriver from here. Ensure that the driver version matches your Chrome browser version.
Extract the downloaded driver and place it in a directory included in your system's PATH.
Step 3: Attach Selenium to Existing Browser Session
Now, let's write a Python script to attach Selenium to an existing Chrome browser session:
Explanation:
Note: Make sure that your existing browser session has remote debugging enabled. You can do this by launching Chrome with the --remote-debugging-port=9222 option.
Now you can run this script, and it will connect to the existing Chrome browser session and allow you to automate tasks using Selenium.
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