selenium.webdriver.firefox.service

Classes

Service(executable_path, port, service_args, …)

A Service class that is responsible for the starting and stopping of geckodriver.

class selenium.webdriver.firefox.service.Service(executable_path: str = 'geckodriver', port: int = 0, service_args: Optional[List[str]] = None, log_path: Optional[str] = None, env: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None, **kwargs)

A Service class that is responsible for the starting and stopping of geckodriver.

Parameters:

• executable_path – install path of the geckodriver executable, defaults to geckodriver.
• port – Port for the service to run on, defaults to 0 where the operating system will decide.
• service_args – (Optional) List of args to be passed to the subprocess when launching the executable.
• log_path – (Optional) File path for the file to be opened and passed as the subprocess stdout/stderr handler, defaults to geckodriver.log.
• env – (Optional) Mapping of environment variables for the new process, defaults to os.environ.

assert_process_still_running() → None

Check if the underlying process is still running.

command_line_args() → List[str]

A List of program arguments (excluding the executable).

is_connectable() → bool

Establishes a socket connection to determine if the service running on the port is accessible.

path

send_remote_shutdown_command() → None

Dispatch an HTTP request to the shutdown endpoint for the service in an attempt to stop it.

service_url

Gets the url of the Service.

start() → None

Starts the Service.

Exceptions:

• WebDriverException : Raised either when it can’t start the service or when it can’t connect to the service

stop() → None

Stops the service.