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Managing extensions in Selenium involves adding, removing, or interacting with browser extensions during your automated testing or web scraping tasks. Selenium provides mechanisms to handle extensions in different browsers. Below are examples for managing extensions in Chrome and Firefox using Selenium.

Chrome

Adding an Extension:

from selenium import webdriver

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_extension('/path/to/extension.crx')  # Replace with the path to your extension

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)

Removing an Extension

Removing an extension is not directly supported in ChromeOptions. Instead, you can manually remove the extension directory after launching the browser.

Firefox

Adding an Extension:

from selenium import webdriver

firefox_options = webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
firefox_options.add_extension('/path/to/extension.xpi')  # Replace with the path to your extension

driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=firefox_options)

Removing an Extension

from selenium import webdriver
import os

firefox_options = webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
firefox_options.add_extension('/path/to/extension.xpi')  # Replace with the path to your extension

driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=firefox_options)

# After performing your tasks, remove the extension
os.remove('/path/to/extension.xpi')  # Replace with the path to your extension

Note:

Replace /path/to/extension.crx and /path/to/extension.xpi with the actual paths to your Chrome extension (CRX) and Firefox extension (XPI) files, respectively.

Ensure that the extension files are valid and compatible with the browser versions you are using.

Managing extensions is browser-specific. Chrome uses CRX files, while Firefox uses XPI files.

Adding extensions using these methods is done during the browser instance creation, so it should be done before calling driver.get().

Removing an extension may require additional steps based on your specific use case, such as removing the extension directory or modifying browser profiles.

Always check the documentation and terms of use for the extensions you are working with to ensure compliance with their licensing and usage terms.

It means organizing a connection through several VPN-servers at once. It is used to protect confidential data as much as possible or to hide one's real IP address. This principle of connection is used, for example, in the TOR-browser. That is, when all traffic is sent immediately through a chain of proxy servers.

There are special tools developed to check if a proxy is working. There are a large number of appropriate services and programs on the Internet. Any software that works in a general way should be excluded from their number. To use online checkers to check the quality and validity of a proxy, just specify your IP address and port number in the fields provided.

If you are interested in a quality and fast proxy server, do not look for it among the free options. All of them, although they seem to be profitable, in fact do not differ in duration of work and speed. It is recommended to buy quality proxies from reputable proxy service providers that are widely available on the Internet.

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.