From 84059a208ae8892e05c7a7f5f124079ebe1156b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Ferano <joseph@ferano.io>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:43:04 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Argument parsing for better cli experience

---
 driver.py | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/driver.py b/driver.py
index 912a5ee..a3efd13 100644
--- a/driver.py
+++ b/driver.py
@@ -1,21 +1,35 @@
 import zipfile
 import undetected_chromedriver as uc
 import sys
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import argparse
+
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
-if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-    sys.exit("usage: driver.py <path-to-browser> <site-to-scrape>")
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Scrape websites with a containerized web browser')
 
+parser.add_argument('website', help='Desired website you want to scrape')
+parser.add_argument('-b', '--browser-path', help='Path to browser binary',
+                    default='/usr/bin/google-chrome')
+parser.add_argument('-a', '--browser-args', nargs='+', help='Additional Args to pass the browser')
+parser.add_argument('-p', '--proxy-url', help='Proxy URL (e.g., http://user:pass@host:port)')
 
-load_dotenv()
+args = parser.parse_args()
 
-proxy_host = os.getenv('PROXY_HOST')
-proxy_port = os.getenv('PROXY_PORT')
-username = os.getenv('PROXY_USERNAME')
-password = os.getenv('PROXY_PASSWORD')
+options = uc.ChromeOptions()
+if args.browser_args:
+    for b_arg in args.browser_args:
+        options.add_argument(f'--{b_arg}')
 
-manifest_json = """
+if args.proxy_url:
+    parsed = urlparse(args.proxy_url)
+
+    proxy_host = parsed.hostname
+    proxy_port = parsed.port
+    proxy_username = parsed.username
+    proxy_password = parsed.password
+
+    manifest_json = """
 {
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "manifest_version": 2,
@@ -26,13 +40,13 @@ manifest_json = """
 }
 """
 
-background_js = f"""
+    background_js = f"""
 var config = {{
     mode: "fixed_servers",
     rules: {{
         singleProxy: {{
             scheme: "http",
-            host: "{proxy_server}",
+            host: "{proxy_host}",
             port: parseInt({proxy_port})
         }},
         bypassList: ["localhost"]
@@ -44,8 +58,8 @@ chrome.proxy.settings.set({{value: config, scope: "regular"}}, function() {{}});
 function callbackFn(details) {{
     return {{
         authCredentials: {{
-            username: "{username}",
-            password: "{password}"
+            username: "{proxy_username}",
+            password: "{proxy_password}"
         }}
     }};
 }}
@@ -58,23 +72,19 @@ chrome.webRequest.onAuthRequired.addListener(
 """
 
 
-with zipfile.ZipFile('proxy_auth.zip', 'w') as zip_file:
-    zip_file.writestr("manifest.json", manifest_json)
-    zip_file.writestr("background.js", background_js)
+    with zipfile.ZipFile('proxy_auth.zip', 'w') as zip_file:
+        zip_file.writestr("manifest.json", manifest_json)
+        zip_file.writestr("background.js", background_js)
 
-options = uc.ChromeOptions()
-options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
-options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
-options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
-options.add_extension('proxy_auth.zip')
+    options.add_extension('proxy_auth.zip')
 
 driver = uc.Chrome(
-    browser_executable_path=sys.argv[1],
+    browser_executable_path=args.browser_path,
     headless=True,
     use_subprocess=False,
     options=options
 )
-driver.get(sys.argv[2])
+driver.get(args.website)
 
 data = driver.execute_cdp_cmd('DOM.getDocument', {})
 if data: