The best way to use Selenium in Google Colab Notebooks!
- Simple setup of Selenium and ChromeDriver.
- Seamless integration with Google Colab.
- Supports Undetected ChromeDriver for more advanced use cases.
Installation
Basic usage:
%pip install google-colab-selenium
Use undetected-chromedriver version:
%pip install google-colab-selenium[undetected]
Basic Usage
import google_colab_selenium as gs
driver = gs.Chrome()
# Your code to interact with the driver here
# ...
driver.quit()
Undetected ChromeDriver
import google_colab_selenium as gs
driver = gs.UndetectedChrome()
# Your code to interact with the driver here
# ...
driver.quit()
Default Options
The google-colab-selenium package is preconfigured with a set of default options optimized for Google Colab environments. These defaults include:
--headless: Runs Chrome in headless mode (without a GUI).--no-sandbox: Disables the Chrome sandboxing feature, necessary in the Colab environment.--disable-dev-shm-usage: Prevents issues with limited shared memory in Docker containers.--lang=en: Sets the language to English.
You are welcome to extend or override these options based on your needs:
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import google_colab_selenium as gs
custom_options = Options()
# Add your custom options here
driver = gs.Chrome(options=custom_options)
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! If you have a suggestion or an issue, please use the issue tracker to let me know.
Test it out for yourself!
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