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Using user data dir in selenium. Using a session. Reuse saved cookies. sample_code_selenium_using_user_data_dir.py
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sample_code_selenium_using_user_data_dir.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
session_path = 'path/of/folder/'
chrome_driver_path = 'path/of/chrome-driver-executable'
url = 'url'
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument(f'--user-data-dir={session_path}')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options,
executable_path=chrome_driver_path)
driver.get(url)
# manually sign in into google for first time
# from the next time use same session_path
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aahnik commented Nov 11, 2020

More details

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/user_data_dir.md

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aahnik commented Nov 11, 2020

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