Note I have already looked at the following sources:
How do I run Selenium in Xvfb?
Which did not solve my problem.
I am using:
- Python 2.7
- selenium 3.0.2
- xvfbwrapper 0.2.9
- PyVirtualDisplay 0.2.1
Running on Mac OSX El Capitan (10.11.6 (15G1108))
I get the following error (which is the same one that is in the above link):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/user/Desktop/test.py", line 50, in <module>
display = Display(visible=0, size=(800, 600))
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyvirtualdisplay/display.py", line 34, in __init__
self._obj = self.display_class(
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyvirtualdisplay/display.py", line 52, in display_class
cls.check_installed()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pyvirtualdisplay/xvfb.py", line 38, in check_installed
ubuntu_package=PACKAGE).check_installed()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/easyprocess/__init__.py", line 180, in check_installed
raise EasyProcessCheckInstalledError(self)
EasyProcessCheckInstalledError: cmd=['Xvfb', '-help']
OSError=[Errno 2] No such file or directory
Program install error!
I know I have Xvfb installed as well:
Xvfb -help
use: X [:<display>] [option]
-a # default pointer acceleration (factor)
-ac disable access control restrictions
-audit int set audit trail level
-auth file select authorization file
-br create root window with black background
+bs enable any backing store support
-bs disable any backing store support
-c turns off key-click
...
-pixdepths list-of-int support given pixmap depths
+/-render turn on/off RENDER extension support(default on)
-linebias n adjust thin line pixelization
-blackpixel n pixel value for black
-whitepixel n pixel value for white
-fbdir directory put framebuffers in mmap'ed files in directory
-shmem put framebuffers in shared memory
If the pip install is looking for xvfb in a different directory, some guidance would be appreciated as to how to redirect where it's looking.
Here is my code:
from easyprocess import EasyProcess
from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
from selenium import webdriver
display = Display(visible=0, size=(800, 600))
display.start()
# now Firefox will run in a virtual display.
# you will not see the browser.
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get('http://www.google.com')
print browser.title
browser.quit()
display.stop()
I've done countless pip installs and google searches and nothing has helped so far, the ultimate end goal is to have a headless automation that is capable of handling downloads, something PhantomJS is unable to do. Any help in that subject would be appreciated as well.
