Selenium: Quit Python script without closing browser

Question

I use the following to handle the situation where Ctrl + C is used to terminate a running Python script.

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print "ABORTED"

However, this also terminates my Selenium WebDriver browser.

Is there a way to terminate the script and keep the browser alive, so that I can continue using it?

What I usually do instead, is to pause the script via Ctrl + Z. This unfortunately often causes the browser to freeze and not respond.

@ChrisHawkes, I think OP doesn't use `driver.quit()`. `sys.exit()` close browser session despite of calling `driver.quit()` — Andersson, Mar 31 '16 at 13:42
@Andersson True, although I don't think it matters if `sys.exit()` is in there because Ctrl+C will make everything exit anyway. — P A N, Mar 31 '16 at 13:43

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-31T14:20:52.460

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You can replace CTRL+C+sys.exit() with quit() method to terminate Python script without closing browser session. Just use following form:

user_choice = raw_input('Please click ENTER button to close application')
if not user_choice:
    print "ABORTED"
    quit()

edited Mar 31 '16 at 14:20

answered Mar 31 '16 at 13:52

Andersson

Why you use `ctrl+C`? Is it mandatory for you to end script this way? – Andersson Mar 31 '16 at 14:04
Well, I guess it's not mandatory to use Ctr+C. If another keypress can be intercepted during the script run, then the problem could be avoided. – P A N Mar 31 '16 at 14:06
You can close it by pressing `Enter`. Check updated answer – Andersson Mar 31 '16 at 14:16

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