BaseSeleniumBrowser

class paralytics.utils.BaseSeleniumBrowser(browser_name, executable_path=None)

Bases: object

Base class for all scrapers built on top of the Selenium package.

Automates the use of the browser of user’s choice by implementing universal methods for web scraping with the Selenium package.

Parameters

browser_name: str {Firefox, Chrome}

Name of the browser that will be used to the web scraping with the Selenium package.

executable_path: str, optional (default=None)

Path to the executable file adequate for the browser of your choice. If not specified then the only attempt to find an executable is made in the PATH.

See also

paralytics.force_context_manager

Notes

It is recommended to decorate all classes inheriting from BaseSeleniumBrowser with paralytics.force_context_manager function.

Methods Summary

open_page(self, url, title)

Opens page with use of the passed url.

Methods Documentation

open_page(self, url, title)

Opens page with use of the passed url.