Launch Tor once from the Finder and leave it open so that Vidalia will be running. The Tor browser uses a SOCKS host at 127.0.0.1:9150 either through Vidalia or Tor installation. On my Ubuntu machine it is /usr/bin/tor-browser/Browser/firefox. On a Mac this path would typically be /Applications/TorBrowser.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox.

Set the binary path to the firefox binary that Tor uses. I was able to do so on both Ubuntu and Mac OS X. Yes, it is possible to make selenium use the TOR browser. #I will leave handling of response status to you Tor_nd( 'GETINFO status/bootstrap-phase' ) #check that everything is good with your tor_process by checking bootstrap status

( tor_controller, password=control_password ) #in your torrc, you need to store the hashed version of 'password' which you can get with: subprocess.call( ''' + tor_path+'tor.exe' -hash-password %s' %control_password ) Tor_process = subprocess.Popen( ''' + tor_path+'tor.exe' -nt-service '-f' '' + torrc_path + ''', creationflags=DETACHED_PROCESS ) # somebody please let me know if there's a way to make this a child process that automatically dies (in windows) #calling as a detached_process means the program will not die with your python program - you will need to manually kill it # programmatically start tor (in windows environment) #get a huge speed increase by not downloading imagesįf_t_preference( '', 2 ) #if you're really hardcore about your securityįf_t_preference( 'javascript.enabled', False ) In FF for example, like this: #set some privacy settingsįf_t_preference( '', False )įf_t_preference( '', True )įf_t_preference( '', True )įf_t_preference( '', True )įf_t_preference( '', True )įf_t_preference( 'signon.rememberSignons', False )įf_t_preference( '', 2 )įf_t_preference( '', True )įf_t_preference( '', 0 )įf_t_preference( '', 1 )įf_t_preference( '_version', 5 )įf_t_preference( '', '127.0.0.1' )įf_t_preference( '_port', 9050 )įf_t_preference( '_remote_dns', True ) Don't use the TBB, just set the correct proxy settings in whatever browser you're using.

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