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A tool to download and install GeckoDriver.

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Get GeckoDriver

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A tool to download and install GeckoDriver. Download the latest version or another specific version. You can use this tool as a package import or as a command-line application.

Install

To install:

$ pip install get-gecko-driver

To upgrade:

$ pip install get-gecko-driver --upgrade

Usage

Install and use GeckoDriver with Selenium

import time
from get_gecko_driver import GetGeckoDriver
from selenium import webdriver

# Install the driver:
# Downloads the latest GeckoDriver version
# Adds the downloaded GeckoDriver to path
get_driver = GetGeckoDriver()
get_driver.install()

# Use the installed GeckoDriver with Selenium
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("https://google.com")
time.sleep(3)
driver.quit()

For downloading only

from get_gecko_driver import GetGeckoDriver

get_driver = GetGeckoDriver()

# Print the latest version
print(get_driver.latest_version())

# Print the latest version download link
print(get_driver.latest_version_url())

# Print the download link of a specific version
print(get_driver.version_url('0.27.0'))

# Download the latest driver version
# Optional: use output_path= to specify where to download the driver
# Optional: use extract=True to extract the file
get_driver.download_latest_version(extract=True)

# Download a specific driver version
# Optional: use output_path= to specify where to download the driver
# Optional: use extract=True to extract the file
get_driver.download_version('0.27.0', extract=True)

Command-line

Print the latest version url of all platforms:

$ get-gecko-driver --latest-urls

Print the latest version:

$ get-gecko-driver --latest-version

Print the latest version url:

$ get-gecko-driver --latest-url

Download the latest version and extract the file:

$ get-gecko-driver --download-latest --extract

Download a specific version and extract the file:

$ get-gecko-driver --download-version 0.27.0 --extract

The downloaded driver can be found at:

<current directory>/<geckodriver>/<version>/<bin>/<geckodriver>

Options

--help                      Show help.

--latest-version            Print the latest version.

--latest-urls               Print the latest version urls for all platforms.

--version-url               Print the version url.

--latest-url                Print the latest version url.

--download-latest           Download the latest version.

--download-version          Download a specific version.

--extract                   Extract the compressed driver file.

--version                   Program version.

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