I want to create a web based scraper using Python, Selenium and PhantomJS where you can input a url into a form and the results from the scrape will be returned to the webpage. I can run it on my PC and I can also get it to work through the terminal.
It is located in a virtual environment on Dreamhost shared hosting with Python3.5 installed. I have tested that the parameters are being passed in fine, and it does work using just lxml and requests. However, when I try to run the script from the form on the webpage using PhantomJS then it doesn't work properly. The following error in returned...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "testscrape.py", line 140, in <module>
driver = init_driver()
File "testscrape.py", line 69, in init_driver
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(executable_path=phantomPATH,desired_capabilities=dcap)
File "/home/paul/.python35/bin/magenv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/phantomjs/webdriver.py", line 56, in __init__
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "/home/paul/.python35/bin/magenv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 91, in __init__
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/home/paul/.python35/bin/magenv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 173, in start_session
'desiredCapabilities': desired_capabilities,
File "/home/paul/.python35/bin/magenv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 231, in execute
response = self.command_executor.execute(driver_command, params)
File "/home/paul/.python35/bin/magenv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/remote_connection.py", line 395, in execute
return self._request(command_info[0], url, body=data)
File "/home/paul/.python35/bin/magenv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/remote_connection.py", line 463, in _request
resp = opener.open(request, timeout=self._timeout)
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 465, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 483, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 443, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 1268, in http_open
return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPConnection, req)
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 1243, in do_open
r = h.getresponse()
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 1174, in getresponse
response.begin()
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 282, in begin
version, status, reason = self._read_status()
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 243, in _read_status
line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1")
File "/home/paul/.python35/lib/python3.5/socket.py", line 575, in readinto
return self._sock.recv_into(b)
ConnectionResetError: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer
I have tried a few different variations of desired_capabilities and even changing file permissions of everything in the virtual environment but to no avail. I must be missing something, or is it just not possible? Any suggestions gratefully received.
