How can I use SB without the "with" context

[iamumairayub]

We have an old codebase that we are converting to SeleniumBase and we need to use the SB class without the with context

from seleniumbase import SB

driver = SB(uc=True, 
    cap_string='{"selenoid:options": {"enableVNC": true}}',
)

driver.get('https://lumtest.com/myip.json')

But I am getting error

AttributeError: '_GeneratorContextManager' object has no attribute 'get'

Is it possible what I want?

[mdmintz]

The Driver() format can be used without a context manager:
Eg. https://github.com/seleniumbase/SeleniumBase/blob/master/examples/raw_login_driver.py

from seleniumbase import Driver

driver = Driver()
# ...
driver.quit()

However, the standard SeleniumBase formats have clear setUp() and tearDown() steps defined in BaseCase, so there needs to be a way to guarantee that tearDown() will be reached when a test is run and completes. This is done via context manager or test method.

See https://github.com/seleniumbase/SeleniumBase/blob/master/help_docs/syntax_formats.md for all 23 Syntax Formats.

[TyronMYoung11]

Same need.
But Driver() does not support many SB features like xvfb
also it hasn't SB methods.

Challenge 1:
driver = Driver(xvfb=True)
TypeError: Driver() got an unexpected keyword argument 'xvfb'

Challenge 2:
driver .activate_cdp_mode(url)
AttributeError: 'Chrome' object has no attribute 'activate_cdp_mode'

[mdmintz]

SB(), (which has more methods than the Driver() format), must be used with a context manager. That's not going to change. For one, there's a lot more memory usage, and a context manager format means that memory can be cleared up cleanly after the with block is done.

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CDP Mode is activated with the Driver() format like this: driver.uc_activate_cdp_mode() (assuming uc=True).

SeleniumBase/examples/cdp_mode/raw_driver.py

Line 7 in 8c0f3ff

driver.uc_activate_cdp_mode(url)

[TyronMYoung11]

@mdmintz Thanks for explain

means that memory can be cleared up cleanly after the with block is done.

• why not possible to quit sb like driver? why you say with block MUST close it?

• what about xvfb?

• Can you please say a mini example how can we create it inside init() of a class and have access it via self.sb?