I have a python test and I want to run it without opening the firefox
I want to hide it so how can I do this ?
any help ?
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"Python test" is a bit unclear. You mean you want to run a site UI test using selenium? In that case, you can use PhantomJS (with selenium as well), it is a browser running in background without any kind of graphical interface and, obviously, windows.Andrew Che– Andrew Che2017-03-16 09:10:21 +00:00Commented Mar 16, 2017 at 9:10
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# pip install selenium
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
options = Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')
driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options)
driver.get('https://www.google.com/doodles')
print('Title: "{}"'.format(driver.title))
driver.quit()
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You can try to set negative window position to hide browser:
driver.set_window_position(-3000, 0) # driver.set_window_position(0, 0) to get it back
or try PhantomJS headless browser, that allow to run UI tests without displaying browser window
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munia ali
yes I need to runit backgroud so I prefer to use PhantomJS
munia ali
how can I use PhantomJS ? should I change python code to use it ? should I import sth ?
Andersson
Download binary, put it in your
Python root folder and define your driver as driver=webdriver.PhantomJS()Andersson
no, nothing to import additionally. But note that
PhantomJS has a lot of bugs, so it works not so good as Firefox or Chrome...Have a look at this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6300672/2929488
#!/usr/bin/env python
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()
