Python Using Adblock with Selenium and Firefox Webdriver

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My goal is to use Adblock Plus with Selenium via Python. I have been able to get it to the point where it will load the extension, but by default it does not include the default filter "EasyList." Here is what I have so far:

 from selenium import webdriver
 from time import sleep
 ffprofile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
 adblockfile = '/Users/username/Downloads/adblock_plus-2.4-tb+fx+an+sm.xpi'
 ffprofile.add_extension(adblockfile)
 ffprofile.set_preference("extensions.adblockplus.currentVersion", "2.4")
 browser = webdriver.Firefox(ffprofile)
 while(True):
    browser.get("www.cnn.com")
    sleep(5)

Most of this code was ripped off of http://selenium-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html

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3 Answers

I just recently found out how to block the first-run page without any issues by trial and error:

  1. Go to the folder where your extension is located

  2. In lib/adblockplus.js, set defaults.suppress_first_run_page to true instead of false.

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