This example project demonstrates the process of dockerizing a Selenium Python application along with the compatible Chromedriver.
The project is a simple Selenium Python script that scrapes Wikipedia search results. The script prompts the user for a search query, opens Wikipedia, performs the search, and retrieves the first two paragraphs of text from the search result.
The main.py script also serves as an example of on how we can use the Selenium Python script in headless/non-headless mode with/without docker.
The Dockerfile in this project serves as an example to dockerise a selenium based project.
Follow these steps to dockerize the Selenium Python application:
git clone git@github.com:RtjShreyD/selenium-docker-example.git
cd selenium-docker-exampledocker build -t seleniumDockerised .docker run -it --rm seleniumDockerisedThis command starts the container in interactive mode and removes it after execution.
Once the container is running, enter your Wikipedia search query as prompted.
The script will execute the search, retrieve the first two paragraphs of text, and display them.
If the provided Dockerfile fails to download the correct Chromedriver version for the latest Chrome version, you can find compatible Chromedriver executable download links from ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome. In such a case, replace the Chromedriver download link in the Dockerfile with the actual download link.
RUN wget -O /tmp/chromedriver.zip https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/122.0.6261.94/linux64/chromedriver-linux64.zip
# Link in this line needs to be replaced in DockerfileNote: Ensure compatibility by matching the Chrome and Chromedriver versions.
Feel free to modify and extend this project based on your specific requirements.
Happy Dockerizing!