Using selenium: How to keep logged in after closing Driver in Python

Question

I want to get my Whatsapp web (web.whatsapp.com) logged in, at the second time opening the Whatsapp web on chrome driver. Following is my code based on Python need your help.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options


chrome_path = r"chromedriver.exe"
options = Options();
options.add_argument("user-data-
dir=C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data");
#options.add_argument("--start-maximized");
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_path,chrome_options=options);

#driver = webdriver.Chrome();
driver.get('https://web.whatsapp.com/')

Where are you stuck exactly? What is the error? On which line? Can you update the error stack trace in the Question area? — undetected Selenium, Aug 12 '17 at 15:45
Actually the problem in this code is that, each time this code needs login. And I want to get rid from login each time. — Daniyal Tariq, Aug 12 '17 at 15:53
Can you guide me ? How can I do that with current version of the code. — Daniyal Tariq, Aug 12 '17 at 16:07

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '17 at 19:38

19

I tried on my Mac, below code and it worked perfectly fine, I don't need to login again

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options


options = Options()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=/tmp/tarun")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options)

driver.get('https://web.whatsapp.com/')
driver.quit()

For window you can try changing the path as below

options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data")

answered Aug 12 '17 at 19:38

Tarun Lalwani

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@DaniyalTariq, Did you mean not working? now working? – Tarun Lalwani Aug 13 '17 at 11:24
thanks for the help. I changed the path on windows it is working now. – Daniyal Tariq Aug 13 '17 at 11:37
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Do you know how many minutes it will stay connected ? – Adrien Arcuri Jun 26 '22 at 11:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '18 at 20:41

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options


options = Options()
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options)

driver.get('https://web.whatsapp.com/')
driver.quit()

Here it is for Windows. Works perfect on Python 3.6

Using selenium: How to keep logged in after closing Driver in Python

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