Python: How to automate 'Allow' flash player content in Firefox?
To allow flash content in an automated manner using Selenium through Python you need to use an instance of FirefoxProfile()
and set_preference()
method to configure:
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.libflashplayer.so
totrue
plugin.state.flash
to2
Code Block:
from selenium import webdriver
profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.set_preference("dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.libflashplayer.so","true")
profile.set_preference("plugin.state.flash", 2)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\geckodriver.exe')
driver.get('https://www.google.co.in')
print("Page Title is : %s" %driver.title)
driver.quit()
"...The
Allow
button cannot be accessed via Selenium for instance because it is not a part of the website or a setting in Firefox. Does anyone know about a potential workaround?"
I don't know your OS but if it was my problem...
Try to find a "key press" module to send the
A
key press into Firefox (ie: theAllow
shortcut).Try to send a mouse-click at the coordinates of
Allow
button.
A good option to try is pyautogui. Once Flash is enabled by such module (clicker or presser) then you can involve Selenium for whatever you needed to do in the enabled Flash.