Python Selenium Phantomjs, set proxy at runtime

Question

I am aware that I can set proxy settings for phantomjs on initialization using service_args but restarting phantomjs every time just to change proxy setting seems wasteful. In javascript changing proxy at runtime would be done with setProxy function. How can I make this work in Python using selenium?

possible duplicate of How to run webpage code with PhantomJS via GhostDriver (selenium) — Artjom B.
– Artjom B., Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 11:12
have you tried the execute_script function to execute javascript ? selenium-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/… — HaseebR7
– HaseebR7, Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 11:13
@HaseebR7 Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for. Just, I have no experience in Javascript so if it's not asking too much would you care to show example usage, preferably using setProxy(). — John
– John, Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 11:18
execute_script() does not what you want, because it executes the given script on the page. You cannot set the proxy with it. — Artjom B.
– Artjom B., Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 12:05

Abhimanu Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-10 18:49:21Z

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Trying various options and reading a bit of code, I realized that it is possible to dynamically change proxies in python + selenium + phantomjs. For posterity here is a sample code:

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS()
driver.command_executor._commands['executePhantomScript'] = ('POST', '/session/$sessionId/phantom/execute')
driver.execute('executePhantomScript', {'script': '''phantom.setProxy("10.0.0.1", 80);''', 'args' : [] })

Happy ghosting ;)

edited Dec 10, 2016 at 18:49

answered Dec 8, 2016 at 5:10

Abhimanu Kumar

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