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Fix for chrome binary not found error and also works for chromium based base browser #43

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Fix for chrome binary not found error and also works for chromium based base browser #43

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fixes issue: chrome binary not found and also works for chromium base…
Sep 1, 2021
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fixed a typo
Sep 1, 2021
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from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException as WebDriverException

config = {
#whatsapp web for chromium based browsers. I used brave here. Replace with yours
'chromium_binary' : '{0}/bin/brave'.format(os.environ['HOME']),
'chromedriver_path': "{0}/bin/chromedriver".format(os.environ['HOME']),
'get_msg_interval': 5, # Time (seconds). Recommended value: 5
'colors': True, # True/False. True prints colorful msgs in console
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os.makedirs(chrome_data_dir_directory)

driver_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
#important step: link the browser's install location
driver_options.binary_location = config['chromium_binary']
driver_options.add_argument("user-data-dir={0}".format(chrome_data_dir_directory))

# add proxy capability
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