setting up proxies in selenium

this is a sample configuration of using proxies with IP authentication, using selenium and python.

sample code

CHROMEDRIVER_PATH = /path/to/chromedriver
PROXY = "23.23.23.23:3128" # IP:PORT 
URL = 'https://example.com'

from seleniumwire import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

options = Options()
options.add_argument('--proxy-server=%s' % PROXY)
s = Service(CHROMEDRIVER_PATH)

driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=s, options=options)
driver.get(URL)

what if the connection is insecure?

install this certificate

• or get the certificate using: python -m seleniumwire extractcert

after the certificate is installed,

1. open chrome settings
2. select “Privacy and Security”
3. under “Advanced” setting, click “Manage device certificates”
4. then, click “Trusted Root Certification Authority” -> “import”
5. import the certificate you just have downloaded.

this will make the connection secure.