Python: How to automate 'Allow' flash player content in Firefox?

Question

I need to allow flash content in an automated manner in Python. I tried using Selenium in Python to do so but could not manage. The issue is that browsers stopped supporting settings that always allow flash content. Moreover, the "Allow" button cannot be accessed via Selenium for instance because it is not a part of the website or a setting in Firefox. Does anyone know about a potential workaround?

Here is an image of the Firefox message that I need to somehow access:

Have you checked if there is an option to always allow it? – Exp Dec 02 '19 at 10:14 — Exp, Dec 02 '19 at 10:14
They removed this option in 2017 regrettably. – Kasper Nicholas Dec 02 '19 at 10:51 — Kasper Nicholas, Dec 02 '19 at 10:51

undetected Selenium · Answer 1 · 2021-01-19T14:48:39.407

To allow flash content in an automated manner using Selenium through Python you need to use an instance of FirefoxProfile() and set_preference() method to configure:

dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.libflashplayer.so to true
plugin.state.flash to 2

Code Block:

from selenium import webdriver

profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.set_preference("dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.libflashplayer.so","true")
profile.set_preference("plugin.state.flash", 2)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\geckodriver.exe')
driver.get('https://www.google.co.in')
print("Page Title is : %s" %driver.title)
driver.quit()

This solution is no longer valid for Firefox and other browsers as these preferences can no longer be set for flash content. — Kasper Nicholas, Dec 02 '19 at 11:04

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '19 at 11:39

"...The Allow button cannot be accessed via Selenium for instance because it is not a part of the website or a setting in Firefox. Does anyone know about a potential workaround?"

I don't know your OS but if it was my problem...

Try to find a "key press" module to send the A key press into Firefox (ie: the Allow shortcut).
Try to send a mouse-click at the coordinates of Allow button.

A good option to try is pyautogui. Once Flash is enabled by such module (clicker or presser) then you can involve Selenium for whatever you needed to do in the enabled Flash.

Python: How to automate 'Allow' flash player content in Firefox?

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