[Question] Can i use existing chrome profile?

[DasRytis]

Is it possible to use existing chrome profile? Or create a specific one for Pydoll? Currently every time i start the bot i opens a new chrome session/profile that's is completely empty. I want to be to maintain extensions and settings by opening existing profile. Is that possible?

[thalissonvs]

Hello @DasRytis, yes, it is possible. You just need to use the "--user-data-dir" flag in ChromiumOptions and specify a path. For instance:

from pydoll.browser import Chrome
from pydoll.browser.options import ChromiumOptions

options = ChromiumOptions()
options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=/your/path")

browser = Chrome(options=options)

[DasRytis]

Hello, if i use the options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=/your/path") with full path to profile it does not work, it still opens up as new. If i use
options.add_argument(f"--user-data-dir={PROFILE_PATH}") options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Profile 1')
It works and opens up the chrome profile that i want but then it does crash on main_tab = await browser.start() with exception pydoll.exceptions.FailedToStartBrowser: Failed to start the browser