我可以使用打开的浏览器初始化Watir :: Browser对象吗？

Question

I am writing a small script with Watir to learn a bit about web scraping with scripting languages however the site I am using requires a login with 2 step verification.

I have the login process automated however currently I am manually inserting the authenticator code then continuing with my script to obtain the information and complete the tasks required.

Until I have automated the 2 step authentication it would be great if instead of opening a new browser and completing the login process I could just point a Watir::Browser object at an already logged in browser and start from there.

For reference this is the code I am already using to create my browser object:

require 'watir'

# Open ghost browser
browser = Watir::Browser.new(:chrome)

# Navigate to the scrape site
browser.goto("https://secure.site.that.requires.authentication.com")

# Set login information
browser.text_field(name: 'username').set "username"
browser.text_field(name: 'password').set "password"

# Login
browser.button(type: 'submit').click

# Manually enter verification code and continue script afterwards

Answer 1

No, Watir/Selenium can not interact wtih browsers that were not started by a driver in the current coding session. You can do what you want by copying/pasting into the same irb session, or insert a sleep command to give you time to do the manual work in between the two different automated parts.