Selenium Python Running a Browser with a Proxy [duplicate]

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I am trying to write a very simple script that takes a proxy (that does not need authentication) from a txt file and opens a browser with it, and then loops this action for a certain amount of times going down the proxy list. I do know how to open a txt file and use it, my main problem is getting the proxies to work. I have seen similar questions asked and I have taken the solutions and tried them, and I can get them to run without errors but the browser opens and there is no proxy. I am sure this is a very simple task, but I am very new to python and I have not gotten it to work. Thanks!

This is what I used; there are no errors but when the browser opens in IP chicken it shows my IP, not the proxy (this is just for 1 browser not the loop I was talking about):

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.proxy import Proxy, ProxyType

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()

proxy = Proxy()
proxy.proxyType = ProxyType.MANUAL
proxy.autodetect = False
proxy.httpProxy = proxy.sslProxy = proxy.socksProxy = "96.70.52.227:48324"
options.Proxy = proxy
options.add_argument("ignore-certificate-errors")


driver = webdriver.Chrome('/Users/aiden/Downloads/chromedriver', options=options)
driver.get('https://www.ipchicken.com/')

Does this answer your question? Running Selenium Webdriver with a proxy in Python — AMC
– AMC, Commented Apr 7, 2020 at 19:10

SeleniumUser · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-07 17:42:09Z

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Try below solution:

from selenium import webdriver

PROXY = "96.70.52.227:48324" #  HOST:PORT

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument('--proxy-server=%s' % PROXY)
chrome_options.add_argument("ignore-certificate-errors")

chrome = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
chrome.get("https://www.ipchicken.com/")

answered Apr 7, 2020 at 17:42

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Robert Kearns · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-07 17:42:02Z

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Why not just pass the proxy as a CL argument?

from selenium import webdriver


options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--proxy-server=127.0.0.1:9021")

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

answered Apr 7, 2020 at 17:42

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