Read the Chrome URL address bar with Python and Selenium

address_bar.py

r"""
address_bar.py
-John Taylor
May-24-2021

Read the URL from the Chrome address bar using two different methods
Tested with Python 3/9/5 on Windows 10 v1809
"""

import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options


class AddressBar:
    def __init__(self, start_url: str):
        self.start_url = start_url

        # start the chrome web browser
        self.browser_init()
        self.nav()

    def __del__(self):
        print("closing chrome webdriver")
        try:
            self.driver.close()
        except:
            pass

    def browser_init(self) -> webdriver:
        chdrv = "chromedriver.exe"
        chrome_options = Options()
        chrome_options.add_argument("ignore-certificate-error")
        chrome_options.add_argument("ignore-ssl-errors")

        caps = webdriver.DesiredCapabilities().CHROME
        caps['acceptInsecureCerts'] = True
        caps['acceptSslCerts'] = True

        # self.driver has a data type of: webdriver
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(chdrv, options=chrome_options, desired_capabilities=caps)

    def nav(self):
        self.driver.get(self.start_url)
        time.sleep(2.5)

    def get_bar(self) -> str:
        url = self.driver.current_url
        return url

    def get_bar_with_js(self) -> str:
        url = self.driver.execute_script("return window.location.href;")
        return url


def main():
    bar = AddressBar("https://www.example.com")
    answer = ""
    while answer != "q":
        answer = input("press 'q' to quit: ")
        if "q" == answer:
            break
        u1 = bar.get_bar()
        u2 = bar.get_bar_with_js()
        print(f"        get_bar: {u1=}")
        print(f"get_bar_with_js: {u2=}")


if "__main__" == __name__:
    main()

# end of script