Python Selenium binding with TOR browser

A working example with Selenium and Tor on windows :

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_profile import FirefoxProfile from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary binary = FirefoxBinary(r"C:\Program Files (x86)\TorBrowser\Browser\firefox.exe") profile = FirefoxProfile(r"C:\Program Files (x86)\TorBrowser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Browser\profile.default") driver = webdriver.Firefox(profile, binary) driver.get("http://stackoverflow.com") driver.save_screenshot("screenshot.png") driver.quit() 

I tried something like this, and worked:

profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile() profile.set_preference('network.proxy.type', 1) profile.set_preference('network.proxy.socks', '127.0.0.1') profile.set_preference('network.proxy.socks_port', 9150) driver = webdriver.Firefox(profile) 

Open the Tor browser while you are doing this

Another simple solution is: Create a new profile in Firefox or Chrome, configure your browser to use Tor proxy (Set a SOCKS 5 proxy to address 127.0.0.1 port 9150), and then load that profile when you use webdriver.

Code for latest TOR installation on Windows:

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_profile import FirefoxProfile from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary binary = FirefoxBinary(r"C:\Users\<Windows User>\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\firefox.exe") profile = FirefoxProfile(r"C:\Users\<Windows User>\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Browser\profile.default") driver = webdriver.Firefox(profile, binary) driver.get("http://stackoverflow.com") 

This is what worked for me, this doesn't use the tor browser but geckodriver

pip install selenium webdriver-manager

import asyncio import os import subprocess from selenium.webdriver import Firefox from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service from webdriver_manager.firefox import GeckoDriverManager profile_path = os.path.expandvars( r"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Browser\profile.default" ) options = Options() options.set_preference("profile", profile_path) service = Service( # os.path.expandvars(r"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\firefox.exe"), executable_path=GeckoDriverManager().install() ) options.set_preference("network.proxy.type", 1) options.set_preference("network.proxy.socks", "127.0.0.1") options.set_preference("network.proxy.socks_port", 9050) options.set_preference("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", False) async def main(): async def cleanup(): driver.quit() print(torexe.pid) torexe.kill() try: # https://stackoverflow.com/a/62686067/8608146 torexe = subprocess.Popen( os.path.expandvars( r"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\tor.exe" ) ) driver = Firefox(service=service, options=options) driver.get("https://check.torproject.org") driver.save_screenshot("screenshot.png") except Exception as e: print(e, type(e)) finally: await cleanup() if __name__ == "__main__": asyncio.run(main()) 

I solved my similar problem on Windows:

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_profile import FirefoxProfile from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary binary = FirefoxBinary(r"C:\Users\<Windows User>\Desktop\Tor Browser\Browser\firefox.exe") driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary=binary) driver.profile.set_preference('network.proxy.type', 1) driver.profile.set_preference('network.proxy.socks', '127.0.0.1') driver.profile.set_preference('network.proxy.socks_port', 9051) driver.get("http://stackoverflow.com") 

As some of these methods do not work in the current Windows versions, returning a "tor failed to start" error would inform users that, in order to start the proxy, they will need tor already running before executing your script.

This is working as of 05-12-2020. You need to be running tor browser before running this script. This will run Tor in Chrome. Will do that only in incognito mode. If you remove that option it will connect through your isp.

import time from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options tor_proxy = "127.0.0.1:9150" chrome_options = Options() '''chrome_options.add_argument("--test-type")''' chrome_options.add_argument('--ignore-certificate-errors') '''chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-extensions')''' chrome_options.add_argument('disable-infobars') '''chrome_options.add_argument("--incognito")''' chrome_options.add_argument('--user-data=C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default') chrome_options.add_argument('--proxy-server=socks5://%s' % tor_proxy) driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='C:\\chromedriver.exe', options=chrome_options) driver.get('https://www.google.com') time.sleep(4) driver.switch_to.frame(0) driver.find_element_by_id("introAgreeButton").click() 

from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities from selenium import webdriver caps = DesiredCapabilities.FIREFOX caps['proxy'] = { 'proxyType': 'MANUAL', 'socksProxy': '127.0.0.1:9050', 'socksVersion': 5 } driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=r"C:\webdrivers\geckodriver.exe", capabilities=caps) 

In my case this code is the only one that works.

Update selenium using:

pip install -U selenium 

Then run your code, after starting TOR of course. This error was acknowledged and repaired.