camoufoxvsselenium-driverless

python stealth browser-automation selenium

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Camoufox is an anti-detect browser built on Firefox, designed specifically for web scraping and browser automation while evading bot detection systems. Unlike Chrome-based anti-detect solutions, Camoufox uses a patched version of Firefox with over 100 modifications to prevent fingerprinting and detection.

Key features include:

Firefox-based stealth Uses Firefox instead of Chrome, which has different fingerprinting characteristics and is less commonly targeted by anti-bot systems. The browser is patched at the C++ level to prevent JavaScript-based fingerprint leaks.
Realistic fingerprints Generates and applies realistic browser fingerprints including screen resolution, WebGL renderer, fonts, and other browser properties that match real user configurations.
Playwright integration Works seamlessly with Playwright for Python, providing the familiar Playwright API while running through the stealth-patched Firefox instance.
Proxy support Built-in proxy support with authentication, including residential proxy rotation.
Geolocation spoofing Can spoof browser geolocation to match proxy IP location for consistent fingerprints.
Human-like behavior Includes utilities for adding human-like mouse movements and typing patterns.

Camoufox is particularly effective against sophisticated anti-bot systems that detect Chrome-based automation tools. By using Firefox as the base, it avoids many Chrome-specific detection vectors while the deep browser patches prevent general fingerprinting techniques.

Selenium Driverless is a Selenium inspired browser automation library with focus on web scraping detection bypass. It shares most of Selenium API and UX but implements several extensions that make the scraper more difficult to detect and extra usability features like: - Bypass Cloudflare - Multiple Tab scraping - Multiple context support - Proxy auth - Network interception

Highlights

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Example Use

```python from camoufox.sync_api import Camoufox # Launch stealth Firefox browser with Camoufox(headless=True) as browser: page = browser.new_page() # Navigate - the browser appears as a real Firefox user page.goto("https://example.com") # Use standard Playwright API for interaction page.fill("input[name='search']", "web scraping") page.click("button[type='submit']") # Extract data results = page.query_selector_all(".result") for result in results: title = result.query_selector("h3").text_content() print(title) # With proxy and custom fingerprint from camoufox.sync_api import Camoufox with Camoufox( headless=True, proxy={"server": "http://proxy.example.com:8080"}, geoip=True, # auto-match geolocation to proxy IP ) as browser: page = browser.new_page() page.goto("https://example.com") print(page.content()) ```

```python # It works the same as Selenium just with a different import. import undetected_chromedriver as uc driver = uc.Chrome(headless=True, use_subprocess=False) driver.get('https://nowsecure.nl') driver.save_screenshot('screenshot.png') driver.close() ```