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The code is very similar to last section, but now we're launching a browser instead of requesting the page with Python. We will be controlling the browser, instead of just getting HTML.
The browser will work like a normal browser: it will run JavaScript, it will have cookies, etc...
- Selenium library
- A webdriver
Install selenium using PyCharm's preferences panel or in your virtual environment.
Each of the major browsers releases a webdriver for their browser. It essentially allows other applications to interact with the browser. In this course we use the Chrome webdriver.
Download it from http://chromedriver.chromium.org/. Make sure to download the version for your browser (e.g. v74 if you're using Chrome v74).
Place the de-compressed executable, chromedriver, into a folder. Remember the folder's path, as you'll need it after.