How to open a private firefox window - selenium

Question

How can I run my selenium web driver in firefox private mode instead of just normal firefox?

I tried the below but it hasn't worked:

firefox_profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
firefox_profile.set_preference("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", True)

driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=firefox_profile)

I viewed the question asked before which is mentioned in the comment and above the question but it didn't work.

Possible duplicate of [Python/Selenium incognito/private mode](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27630190/python-selenium-incognito-private-mode) — Mosam Mehta, Feb 17 '16 at 12:48
You May Like To See This : [Python/Selenium incognito/private mode](https://stackoverflow.com/a/51023783/9989034) — A_Asaker, Jul 06 '19 at 16:03

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '16 at 12:56

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You could use FirefoxBinary and add_command_line_options:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary

b = firefox_binary=FirefoxBinary('/usr/bin/firefox')
b.add_command_line_options("-private")
dr = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary=b)

answered Feb 17 '16 at 12:56

Padraic Cunningham

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I wasn't able to get this to work when copying the code in the file. Is there something I need to change as it couldn't find the directory? – BruceyBandit Feb 17 '16 at 14:19
@BruceyBandit, I use ubuntu so my binary is in `/usr/bin`, what OS are you using? – Padraic Cunningham Feb 17 '16 at 14:19
@BruceyBandit, you need to pass the path to the firefox .exe – Padraic Cunningham Feb 18 '16 at 09:27

How to open a private firefox window - selenium

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