3.15

changed the way how patcher works (for those using multiple sessions/processes).

    when not specifying a executable_path (the default, and recommended!), the filename
    gets randomized to <somehex>_chromedriver[.exe]. this should fix the issue for multiprocessing
    (although Chrome/driver itself has restrictions in this as well, see it using processhacker).
    As i told before, webdriver is a purely io-based operation which only sends and pulls data. multiprocessing/threading isn't going to help much. You'd better use asyncio.)

find_chrome_executable:
    added google-chrome-stable to the list, as some distro's have this name.

advanced_webelements:  bool, optional, default: False
        makes it easier to recognize elements like you know them from html/browser inspection, especially when working in an interactive environment

        default webelement repr:
        <selenium.webdriver.remote.webelement.WebElement (session="85ff0f671512fa535630e71ee951b1f2", element="6357cb55-92c3-4c0f-9416-b174f9c1b8c4")>

        advanced webelement repr
        <WebElement(<a class="mobile-show-inline-block mc-update-infos init-ok" href="#" id="main-cat-switcher-mobile">)>

    note: when retrieving large amounts of elements ( example: find_elements_by_tag("*") ) and **print** them, it does take a little more time for all the repr's to fetch

Chrome() parameters

    driver_executable_path=None
     ( = executable_path )
    if you really need to specify your own chromedriver binary.

    (don't log issues when you are not using the default. the downloading per session happens for a reason. remember this is a detection-focussed fork)

    browser_executable_path=None
        ( = browser binary path )
    to specify your browser in case you use exotic locations instead of the more default install folders

    advanced_elements=False
        if set to True, webelements get a nicer REPR showing. this is very convenient when working
        interactively (like ipython for example).

        <WebElement(<a class="mobile-show-inline-block mc-update-infos init-ok" href="#" id="main-cat-switcher-mobile">)>

        instead of

        <selenium.webdriver.remote.webelement.WebElement (session="85ff0f671512fa535630e71ee951b1f2", element="6357cb55-92c3-4c0f-9416-b174f9c1b8c4")>

undetected_chromedriver/__init__.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ by UltrafunkAmsterdam (https://github.com/ultrafunkamsterdam)
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "3.1.2"
+__version__ = "3.1.5"
 
 import json
 import logging
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
         enable_cdp_events=False,
         service_args=None,
         desired_capabilities=None,
+        advanced_elements=False,
         service_log_path=None,
         keep_alive=True,
         log_level=0,
@@ -153,12 +154,26 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
                 driver.add_cdp_listener("Network.dataReceived", yourcallback)
                 # yourcallback is an callable which accepts exactly 1 dict as parameter
 
+
         service_args: list of str, optional, default: None
             arguments to pass to the driver service
 
         desired_capabilities: dict, optional, default: None - auto from config
             Dictionary object with non-browser specific capabilities only, such as "item" or "loggingPref".
 
+        advanced_webelements:  bool, optional, default: False
+            makes it easier to recognize elements like you know them from html/browser inspection, especially when working
+            in an interactive environment
+
+            default webelement repr:
+            <selenium.webdriver.remote.webelement.WebElement (session="85ff0f671512fa535630e71ee951b1f2", element="6357cb55-92c3-4c0f-9416-b174f9c1b8c4")>
+
+            advanced webelement repr
+            <WebElement(<a class="mobile-show-inline-block mc-update-infos init-ok" href="#" id="main-cat-switcher-mobile">)>
+
+            note: when retrieving large amounts of elements ( example: find_elements_by_tag("*") ) and print them, it does take a little more time.
+
+
         service_log_path: str, optional, default: None
              path to log information from the driver.
 
@@ -361,7 +376,9 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
             desired_capabilities = options.to_capabilities()
 
         if not use_subprocess:
-            self.browser_pid = start_detached(options.binary_location, *options.arguments)
+            self.browser_pid = start_detached(
+                options.binary_location, *options.arguments
+            )
         else:
             browser = subprocess.Popen(
                 [options.binary_location, *options.arguments],
@@ -372,8 +389,6 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
             )
             self.browser_pid = browser.pid
 
-
-
         super(Chrome, self).__init__(
             executable_path=patcher.executable_path,
             port=port,
@@ -395,6 +410,11 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
             reactor.start()
             self.reactor = reactor
 
+        if advanced_elements:
+            from .webelement import WebElement
+
+            self._web_element_cls = WebElement
+
         if options.headless:
             self._configure_headless()
 
@@ -534,9 +554,8 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
         """
         if not hasattr(self, "cdp"):
             from .cdp import CDP
-
+            cdp = CDP(self.options)
-            self.cdp = CDP(self.options)
+            cdp.tab_new(url)
-        self.cdp.tab_new(url)
 
     def reconnect(self, timeout=0.1):
         try:
@@ -564,7 +583,7 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
 
     def quit(self):
         logger.debug("closing webdriver")
-        if hasattr(self, 'service') and getattr(self.service, 'process', None):
+        if hasattr(self, "service") and getattr(self.service, "process", None):
             self.service.process.kill()
         try:
             if self.reactor and isinstance(self.reactor, Reactor):
@@ -606,11 +625,10 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
         # this must come last, otherwise it will throw 'in use' errors
         self.patcher = None
 
-
     def __del__(self):
         try:
             self.service.process.kill()
-        except:
+        except:  # noqa
             pass
         self.quit()
 
@@ -640,7 +658,13 @@ def find_chrome_executable():
     candidates = set()
     if IS_POSIX:
         for item in os.environ.get("PATH").split(os.pathsep):
-            for subitem in ("google-chrome", "chromium", "chromium-browser", "chrome"):
+            for subitem in (
+                "google-chrome",
+                "chromium",
+                "chromium-browser",
+                "chrome",
+                "google-chrome-stable",
+            ):
                 candidates.add(os.sep.join((item, subitem)))
         if "darwin" in sys.platform:
             candidates.update(

undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py

@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class Patcher(object):
         prefix = secrets.token_hex(8)
 
         if not executable_path:
-
             self.executable_path = os.path.join(
                 self.data_path, "_".join([prefix, self.exe_name])
             )
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ class Patcher(object):
                 if not executable_path[-4:] == ".exe":
                     executable_path += ".exe"
 
-        # self.zip_path = os.path.join(self.data_path, self.zip_name)
+        self.zip_path = os.path.join(self.data_path, self.zip_name)
 
         if not executable_path:
             self.executable_path = os.path.abspath(
@@ -84,11 +83,6 @@ class Patcher(object):
         if executable_path:
             self._custom_exe_path = True
             self.executable_path = executable_path
-            self.data_path = os.path.dirname(executable_path)
-
-        self.zip_path = os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(self.executable_path), self.exe_name
-        )
         self.version_main = version_main
         self.version_full = None
 
@@ -130,7 +124,6 @@ class Patcher(object):
         self.version_main = release.version[0]
         self.version_full = release
         self.unzip_package(self.fetch_package())
-        # i.patch()
         return self.patch()
 
     def patch(self):
@@ -181,10 +174,12 @@ class Patcher(object):
             pass
 
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.zip_path), mode=0o755, exist_ok=True)
-
         with zipfile.ZipFile(fp, mode="r") as zf:
             zf.extract(self.exe_name, os.path.dirname(self.zip_path))
-            os.rename(self.zip_path, self.executable_path)
+        os.rename(
+            os.path.join(self.data_path, self.exe_name),
+            self.executable_path
+        )
         os.remove(fp)
         os.chmod(self.executable_path, 0o755)
         return self.executable_path

undetected_chromedriver/webelement.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class WebElement(selenium.webdriver.remote.webelement.WebElement):
     <WebElement(<a class="mobile-show-inline-block mc-update-infos init-ok" href="#" id="main-cat-switcher-mobile">)>
 
     """
+
     _attrs = {}
 
     @property
@@ -36,5 +37,3 @@ class WebElement(selenium.webdriver.remote.webelement.WebElement):
         if strattrs:
             strattrs = " " + strattrs
         return f"<{self.__class__.__name__}(<{self.tag_name}{strattrs}>)>"
-
-