Proxy Novel

A reverse proxy is mainly used by administrators and is responsible for balancing workload and high availability. The reverse proxy redirects received requests to one of its web servers. From the outside it is completely invisible and looks as if all required resources are concentrated directly in the proxy.

In Selenium, you can load a cookie using the add_cookie() method of the WebDriver object. Here's an example of how to do it:

from selenium import webdriver

# Initialize the WebDriver (e.g., Chrome)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Define the cookie you want to load
cookie = {
    "name": "username",
    "value": "testuser",
    "domain": ".example.com",
    "path": "/",
    "secure": True,
}

# Add the cookie to the WebDriver
driver.add_cookie(cookie)

# Navigate to the page you want to load with the cookie
driver.get("http://example.com")

In this example, we're using the Chrome WebDriver to add a cookie named "username" with the value "testuser" to the domain ".example.com". The add_cookie() method accepts a dictionary representing the cookie, which includes the name, value, domain, path, secure flag, and other attributes.

After adding the cookie, you can navigate to the desired page using the get() method. The WebDriver will now send the cookie along with each request made to the server.

Selenium WebDriver does not directly create an Internet Explorer (IE) session but instead launches the IE browser. This is because WebDriver is designed to interact with the browser through its WebDriver API, which is different from the native browser session.

When you use Selenium WebDriver with Internet Explorer, it starts the IE browser in a new window, and then you can interact with the browser using the WebDriver API. This allows you to perform actions like navigating to a web page, finding elements, and interacting with them.

It's important to note that Internet Explorer is no longer recommended for use in production environments, and Microsoft has discontinued its development. Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Edge as a more modern and secure alternative. If you need to use Edge with Selenium, you can follow the same approach as with Internet Explorer, using the ChromeDriverService and ChromeOptions classes.

Open the "Settings" application via "Start" and go to "Network and Internet". Here, in the "Proxy" section, find the "Manual Proxy Configuration" column. Move the slider to "On" and carefully enter the IP address and port of the proxy, then click "Save".

Google Chrome doesn't have a built-in function to work with a proxy server, although there is such an item in the settings. But when you click on it, you are automatically "redirected" to the standard proxy settings in Windows (or any other operating system).