Python / Selenium / Firefox: Can't start firefox with specified profile path

Question

I try to start firefox with specified profile:

firefox_profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile(\'/Users/p2mbot/projects/test/firefox_profile\')
driver = webdriver         


        

Answer 1

Thanks to @m3nda i found a simmilar and terrible solution for windows und python 3. As Jake Hilborn noticed it's not working anymore. The problem is, that driver.firefox_profile.path seems to be the tmp profile direktory, but this is a blanc version. no changes will be safed here. if you open in Firefox about:support there ist the real Path of the Profile.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
import os

#Start Browser
option = Options()
#set options as u like, for example:
option.log.level = "warn"
option.set_preference("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3)
option.set_preference("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0)
#load profile
cwd = os.getcwd()
pfadffprofile = cwd+"\\"+"ffprofile.selenium"
ffprofile = webdriver.firefox.firefox_profile.FirefoxProfile(profile_directory = pfadffprofile)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile= ffprofile, options=option)
print("Get FF Temp Profile Path")
driver.get("about:support")
box = driver.find_element_by_id("profile-dir-box")
ffTempProfilePath = box.text
print("ffTempProfilePath: ",ffTempProfilePath)

# now do ur stuff

#copy ur stuff after use or periodically
print("safe Profile")
cwd = os.getcwd()
pfadffprofile = cwd+"\\"+"ffprofile.selenium"
print ("saving profile " + ffTempProfilePath + " to " + pfadffprofile)
os.system("xcopy " + ffTempProfilePath + " " + pfadffprofile +" /Y /G /K /R /E /S /C /H")
print ("files should be copied :/") 

#close driver
driver.quit()