Every time I run my script I want it to ask me what is the targeted url using input() so it can store it as a variable and use it in a function but every time I input the url the script won't continue and pressing enter causes it to open the url on my default browser as a tab instead of a new chrome object.
def function1(targeturl):
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(targeturl)
print('What is the website?')
webPage = input()
function1(webPage)
I'm not sure whether the IDE is important but I'm using Pycharm. I will copy and paste the url in after it asks me and when I press enter it will open the url instead of continuing the script
To invoke a url taken as user input you can use the input() function.
Here is your own program with some simple enhancements which will accept 3 urls one by one from the user and navigate to the respective urls:
Code Block:
from selenium import webdriver
def function1(targeturl):
driver.get(targeturl)
# perform your taks here
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
for i in range(3):
webPage = input("What is the website url?(Press enter at the end to continue):")
function1(webPage)
driver.quit()
Console Output:
What is the website url?(Press enter at the end to continue):http://www.google.com
What is the website url?(Press enter at the end to continue):http://www.facebook.com
What is the website url?(Press enter at the end to continue):http://www.gmail.com
I'm not sure to understand exactly what you want to do but the script stop running because all actions are done.
Like Selenium Doc say "The driver.get method will navigate to a page given by the URL."
For example, you can add this to your function (return page title, some actions and then quit the driver):
print browser.title
'''
Make some actions
'''
browser.quit()
If you do like this what happens? assign "targeturl" as a global variable first.
targeturl = "xxxx"
def function1(targeturl):
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(targeturl)
print('What is the website?')
webPage = input()
function1(webPage)
