Hi Akhila, I’ll double check with the latest version of Selenium and update the repo (and respond here) if I can get it to work again. Check back in a few days, please!

Hi, this is not working for me.. Not able to connect to the edge browser

Hi Mike, thank you for considering my request.. I will check this and revert you

Hello again! Looks like the easiest path to attaching to Edge is upgrading to Selenium 4. Once you upgrade, the code is almost exactly the same as above. Launch Edge with the following options:

–remote-debugging-port=9222 –user-data-dir=C:\\Temp

And then create your driver with the corresponding edge option:

EdgeOptions options = new EdgeOptions();
options.DebuggerAddress = “127.0.0.1:9222”;
Driver = new EdgeDriver(options);

Let me know if that works out for you!

Hi Akhila, I’ll tinker with the above posted code to see how Edge behaves. I’ll get back to you in the next day or two!

Hi Tyson,
Sorry for the delay. I looked around a bit but couldn’t find much beyond changing Windows’s proxy settings:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50777994/how-to-change-chrome-proxy-via-command-line-windows
https://proxyway.com/guides/chrome-proxy-setup

I did find some help articles around this, so it doesn’t appear to be an isolated concern:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/71e16dd7-f65a-4930-82ad-015c6021eb10/unable-to-change-proxy-settings-in-nonieedge-browsers

I’ll keep trying to find some answers. Sorry I haven’t been more helpful on this!

Thanks,
Mike Curn

Hi Tyson,
Sorry for the delay. I looked around a bit but couldn’t find much beyond changing Windows’s proxy settings:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50777994/how-to-change-chrome-proxy-via-command-line-windows
https://proxyway.com/guides/chrome-proxy-setup

I did find some help articles around this, so it doesn’t appear to be an isolated concern:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/71e16dd7-f65a-4930-82ad-015c6021eb10/unable-to-change-proxy-settings-in-nonieedge-browsers

I’ll keep trying to find some answers. Sorry I haven’t been more helpful on this!

Thanks,
Mike Curn

Hi again Uoni,
Sorry for the delay. I did some poking around online but so far have only been able to find references to changing Windows’s proxy settings, not just Chrome’s:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50777994/how-to-change-chrome-proxy-via-command-line-windows
https://proxyway.com/guides/chrome-proxy-setup

There’s even some help articles around this:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/71e16dd7-f65a-4930-82ad-015c6021eb10/unable-to-change-proxy-settings-in-nonieedge-browsers

I’ll keep trying to plug away at this, but unfortunately I’m not sure when I’ll find (or if I’ll find) a better answer. :(

Thanks,
Mike Curn

Hi again Uoni,
Sorry for the delay. I did some poking around online but so far have only been able to find references to changing Windows’s proxy settings, not just Chrome’s:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50777994/how-to-change-chrome-proxy-via-command-line-windows
https://proxyway.com/guides/chrome-proxy-setup

There’s even some help articles around this:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/71e16dd7-f65a-4930-82ad-015c6021eb10/unable-to-change-proxy-settings-in-nonieedge-browsers

I’ll keep trying to plug away at this, but unfortunately I’m not sure when I’ll find (or if I’ll find) a better answer. :(

Thanks,
Mike Curn

Hi Tyson,
Assuming you’re on Windows, it almost looks like Chrome is inheriting its proxy settings from Windows. I need to do a bit more research on this to be sure, though. Hopefully I’ll have something useful next week!

Hi Tyson,
Assuming you’re on Windows, it almost looks like Chrome is inheriting its proxy settings from Windows. I need to do a bit more research on this to be sure, though. Hopefully I’ll have something useful next week!

Hi Uoni,
Sorry for the delay. I ended up needing to grab your code and do a bit of testing. It looks like (assuming you’re on Windows,) Chrome is taking proxy settings from Window’s proxy settings. I’ll need to do a bit more research to see if this is true and how to get around it. Hopefully I’ll have something more for you next week!

Hi Uoni,
Sorry for the delay. I ended up needing to grab your code and do a bit of testing. It looks like (assuming you’re on Windows,) Chrome is taking proxy settings from Window’s proxy settings. I’ll need to do a bit more research to see if this is true and how to get around it. Hopefully I’ll have something more for you next week!

What is wrong about the code..

I’m trying to control proxy into the local server chrome via C#

{
Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = @”C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe”;
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = @”–remote-debugging-port=9222 –user-data-dir=C:APIlocalhost”;
proc.Start();

string url = “https://www.ipleak.net/”;

IWebDriver driver;
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.DebuggerAddress = “localhost:9222”;
options.AddArgument(“–proxy-server=8.8.8.8:8080”);
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.Navigate.GoToUrl(url);
}

What is wrong about the code..

I’m trying to control proxy into the local server chrome via C#

{
Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = @”C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe”;
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = @”–remote-debugging-port=9222 –user-data-dir=C:APIlocalhost”;
proc.Start();

string url = “https://www.ipleak.net/”;

IWebDriver driver;
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.DebuggerAddress = “localhost:9222”;
options.AddArgument(“–proxy-server=8.8.8.8:8080”);
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.Navigate.GoToUrl(url);
}

As you can see here : https://prnt.sc/1uap73n

I don’t know what am doing wrong .

did i set it up correct ?

i tested nothing changed..

As you can see here : https://prnt.sc/1uap73n

I don’t know what am doing wrong .

did i set it up correct ?

i tested nothing changed..

If you’re launching chrome via Selenium normally, it should clear cookies each time (by default, Selenium uses incognito, or at least equivalent settings.)

RE: Proxy, I’m not as familiar with VB.net, so there may be a different syntax to use here, but you should be able to do something like:
options.Proxy = new Proxy()
options.Proxy.HttpProxy = “http://someproxyurlhere/” // if you want a different proxy url than localhost:9222

Does that help?

If you’re launching chrome via Selenium normally, it should clear cookies each time (by default, Selenium uses incognito, or at least equivalent settings.)

RE: Proxy, I’m not as familiar with VB.net, so there may be a different syntax to use here, but you should be able to do something like:
options.Proxy = new Proxy()
options.Proxy.HttpProxy = “http://someproxyurlhere/” // if you want a different proxy url than localhost:9222

Does that help?

Hey mike,

Yes I want to make the browser connect to proxy automatic using this server options.DebuggerAddress = “localhost:9222”

also how it will be to make it remove the cookies eachtime i open the browser

Hey mike,

Yes I want to make the browser connect to proxy automatic using this server options.DebuggerAddress = “localhost:9222”

also how it will be to make it remove the cookies eachtime i open the browser

Hi Uoni,
Just to make sure I understand: do you mean connect through a proxy server to access the internet with Chrome through that server?

Hi Uoni,
Just to make sure I understand: do you mean connect through a proxy server to access the internet with Chrome through that server?

I have switched this to VB.net

What i wanted to know is

How i can add code to connect to HTTP proxy inside the browser from the C# ?

Dim url As String = “https://www.ipleak.net/”

Dim driver As IWebDriver
Dim options As ChromeOptions = New ChromeOptions()
options.DebuggerAddress = “localhost:9222”
driver = New ChromeDriver(options)
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(url)

I have switched this to VB.net

What i wanted to know is

How i can add code to connect to HTTP proxy inside the browser from the C# ?

Dim url As String = “https://www.ipleak.net/”

Dim driver As IWebDriver
Dim options As ChromeOptions = New ChromeOptions()
options.DebuggerAddress = “localhost:9222”
driver = New ChromeDriver(options)
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(url)

Hi Mins, do you get a particular exception or error with your code? I’m wondering specifically what line it fails on, and what the failure was (if any) to help determine if Selenium is trying act too fast, or if an element is in an unexpected state.

Do you have an idea ?
Thanks

Thank you, Sibtain, that is also a great way to do it!

Just a quick note, if you can’t find the latest chromedriver version in NuGet, it is usually posted pretty quickly on the official website:
https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads

Just be aware, if you go the route of downloading the .exe directly, you’ll need to tell visual studio to copy the .exe to your output directory after adding it to your solution or project.

Thanks again,
Mike Curn

Maybe this will help someone like me. It took me 3 days to find this blog to sort out this. I did little tweaks because I still don’t know much about C#.

Download latest chromerdriver.exe and place it for example in C:\WebDriver. I couldn’t find the latest chromedriver.exe for chrome 87. The one available at Nuget in VS2019 was not compatible with Chrome 87.

Now run cmd and run:
chrome.exe -remote-debugging-port=9222 –user-data-dir=C:\Selenium_Chrome_debug\Chrome

–user-data-dir was manually created in C:\

Now go to VS2019 in your C# project and place the below in Main:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.DebuggerAddress = “127.0.0.1:9222″;
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(@”C:\\WebDriver\\”, options);

Now keep the chrome opened (the chrome we started with cmd) and go to the webpage you were trying to attach and run the debugger with F5.

This works for me.

Regards
Sibtain.