_data/environment_scraper.yml

# Conda environment name
name: selenium_env

# Channels for package download
channels:
  - defaults
  - conda-forge

# Dependencies
dependencies:
  - python>=3.8
  - selenium==4.23.1
  - beautifulsoup4
  - requests
  - webdriver-manager
  - lxml
  - html5lib
  - pandas

# Instructions:
# 1. Save this file as 'environment.yml'.
# 2. In the terminal, navigate to the directory where the file is saved.
# 3. Run: conda env create -f environment.yml
# 4. Activate the environment: conda activate selenium_env

# Check available environments: conda info --envs
# Activate/Deactivate an environment: conda activate / conda deactivate
# Remove an environment: conda env remove -n environment_name

# Note: Webdriver_manager automates driver management for Selenium.

# Example usage of Selenium:
# from selenium import webdriver
# from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
# from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
# from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

# # Set up Chrome options (optional)
# chrome_options = Options()
# chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")  # Run headless (optional)

# # Create a WebDriver instance
# driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(ChromeDriverManager().install()), options=chrome_options)

# # Open a webpage
# driver.get("https://example.com")

# # Print the title of the webpage
# print(driver.title)

# # Close the browser
# driver.quit()