Getting error 'Browsermob-Proxy binary couldn't be found in path provided' even after installing required proxy

Question

I am using a Mac and installed the required files from bmp.lightbody.net, and unzipped them. I tried creating a Server in my Python file using the following code.

server = Server('/Users/username/Downloads/⁨browsermob-proxy-2.1.4⁩/bin⁩/browsermob-proxy')

I was met with the following error

browsermobproxy.exceptions.ProxyServerError: Browsermob-Proxy binary couldn't be found in path provided: /Users/username/Downloads/⁨browsermob-proxy-2.1.4⁩/bin⁩/browsermob-proxy

The path runs perfectly in my Terminal, and I was able to create a proxy.

curl -X POST localhost:8080/proxy
{"port":8081}

I have also tried appending the folder to my path using sys and moving the browsermob folder to the folder where the python file is present, but nothing seems to work.

Any help would be welcome. Thanks!

Answer 1

Similar question

Try to add the actual directory to the PATH

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/Users/username/Downloads/⁨browsermob-proxy-2.1.4⁩/bin⁩' >> ~/.bashrc

This way you don't have to specify the path arg on the Server instance manually

from browsermobproxy import Server
dict = {'port': 8090}
server = Server(options=dict)

Answer 2

I had the same issue on Windows, here what worked for me:

• Download the release ZIP file from: https://github.com/lightbody/browsermob-proxy/releases
• Extract to a folder
• Call it in the code like that:

import requests
from browsermobproxy import Server
import time

# Start the BrowserMob Proxy server
server = Server(r"D:\browsermob-proxy-2.1.4\bin\browsermob-proxy.bat")
server.start()
proxy = server.create_proxy()