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There are many free VPN services. But it is not safe to use them. After all, they are just engaged in parsing. That is, they collect information about users. Most often - their IP-addresses, as well as text data (these are search queries and their personal information).

While using Selenium for web automation, it's important to note that websites can detect the presence of automation tools, including Selenium. To reduce the chances of detection, you can take certain measures to make your Selenium-driven browser instance appear more like a regular user. Here are some techniques to hide Selenium from the browser

1. User Agent Spoofing

Change the user agent of the browser to mimic that of a real user. This can be done by setting the user agent string before launching the browser:

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36")

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

2. Window Size and Position

Set the window size and position to common values used by human users. This can be done using the set_window_size and set_window_position methods:

driver.set_window_size(1366, 768)
driver.set_window_position(0, 0)

3. Disable Browser Extensions

Disable browser extensions to make the browser instance more similar to a clean user profile:

options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")

4. Headless Mode

Run the browser in headless mode, which means it runs without a graphical user interface. Headless mode can be less likely to be detected:

options.add_argument("--headless")

5. Disable Images and CSS

Some automation detection mechanisms analyze whether images and CSS are loaded. You can disable them:

prefs = {"profile.managed_default_content_settings.images": 2, "profile.managed_default_content_settings.stylesheet": 2}
options.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)

6. Change Automation Flags

Some websites use JavaScript to detect automation. You can experiment with changing the values of WebDriver-related flags:

options.add_argument("--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled")

7. Use Proxies

Rotate IP addresses using proxies to mimic different users accessing the site.

To wait for a button to be clickable using Selenium, you can use the WebDriverWait class along with the expected_conditions module. Here's an example using Python:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

# Set the path to the ChromeDriver executable
chrome_driver_path = "path/to/chromedriver"

# Initialize the Chrome WebDriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_driver_path)

# Your Selenium code goes here

# Wait for the button to be clickable
button = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
    EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "button-id"))
)

# Click the button
button.click()

# Your code after clicking the button

# Close the browser
driver.quit()

Replace path/to/chromedriver with the appropriate path to your ChromeDriver executable and "button-id" with the ID of the button you want to wait for.

In this example, WebDriverWait will wait for up to 10 seconds for the button with the specified ID to become clickable. If the button is not clickable within the specified time, a TimeoutException will be raised.

You can also use other expected_conditions such as visibility_of_element_located, presence_of_element_located, or staleness_of depending on your specific use case.

Clicking an AJAX button in Selenium can be a bit tricky, as AJAX buttons often rely on JavaScript to perform the click action instead of using the traditional HTML click event. To click an AJAX button in Selenium, you can follow these steps:

1. Locate the AJAX button element using its unique identifier (e.g., ID, name, CSS selector, or XPath).

2. Use JavaScript to simulate the click action on the button element.

Here's an example using Python with the Selenium WebDriver:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

# Set up the Chrome WebDriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Navigate to the page containing the AJAX button
driver.get("https://example.com")

# Locate the AJAX button element
button = driver.find_element(By.ID, "ajaxButton")

# Click the AJAX button using JavaScript
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", button)

Alternatively, you can use the ActionChains class to perform a right-click and then a left-click sequence, which can sometimes simulate a button click:

from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

# Locate the AJAX button element
button = driver.find_element(By.ID, "ajaxButton")

# Perform a right-click and then a left-click sequence
action = ActionChains(driver)
action.context_click(button).perform()
action.click(button).perform()

Remember to replace "https://example.com" and "ajaxButton" with the actual URL and element identifier of the page and button you're working with.

Keep in mind that these methods may not work for all AJAX buttons, as some buttons may use more complex JavaScript events or require additional steps to be executed before the click action can be performed. In such cases, you may need to inspect the button's JavaScript code and replicate the necessary steps in your Selenium script.

Select the "Proxy" tab in the "Network" window, then click on Win+C and find the "Settings" item. In the window that opens, stop at "Change computer settings" and go to "Network". Select the "Proxy" line here and disable the proxy functionality.