How to Setup Selenium on Docker for Web Scraping: A Complete Guide
Are you tired of dealing with messy dependencies and version conflicts when running your Selenium web scraping code on different machines? Look no further than Docker! In this video, we'll show you how to set up Docker for Selenium web scraping and demonstrate the benefits of using Docker to create a self-contained environment for your code. We'll walk you through the process of writing a simple web scraping script using Selenium, creating a Dockerfile to package our code and dependencies inside a Docker container, and building and running the Docker image. By the end of this video, you'll have a solid understanding of how to use Docker to streamline your web scraping workflow and ensure consistency across different environments.
git link: https://github.com/GermanGerken/docker_ selenium
Commands from video:
check if docker installed - docker --version
command for update packages - apt update
download google chrome - wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/go...
install downloaded file - apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
check google chrome version - google-chrome --version && which google-chrome
download chromedriver - wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleap...
unzip downloaded zip - unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
move file to another directory - mv chromedriver /usr/bin/chromedriver
check chromedriver version - chromedriver --version