Python Selenium open URL in same Firefox window

Question

I am using Python Selenium to open a Firefox browser and go to a URL. The function I am using to do this is...

def openurl_function():
    from selenium import webdriver
    from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
    from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

    from selenium import webdriver
    driver = webdriver.Firefox()
    driver.get('http://www.example.com')

When I run the function it always opens a new instance of FireFox, is there a way to have it to just open using the same browser instance?

Currently if I run the function 10 times then I get 10 FireFox browsers open.

jsfan · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-24 18:25:55Z

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Just keep reusing the same driver. You are creating a new browser, every time you call

driver = webdriver.Firefox()

Also, because you never quit() on your driver, you will probably have all the browsers stay open as orphans because you deleted the handle to them when you created a new browser.

answered Feb 24, 2016 at 18:25

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2 Comments

fightstarr20 Over a year ago

So would I need to move the driver = webdriver.Firefox() outside of the function so it only runs the once?

jsfan Over a year ago

Yes. Just create the object in global context and pass it to your function every time (or use an object property if it's within a class).

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