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Selenium WebDriver Proxy Setup

Configure Selenium Chrome and Firefox profiles with HTTP and SOCKS proxies for automated browser testing.

Configure Selenium Chrome and Firefox profiles with HTTP and SOCKS proxies for automated browser testing.

Chrome options

Add --proxy-server to ChromeOptions. For auth, use extensions or CDP workarounds.

Firefox profile

Set network.proxy.type and related prefs in Firefox profile.

Selenium Grid

Pass proxy capability to remote nodes so each session uses assigned egress.

Related: Puppeteer and Playwright.

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