"""Core browser launch functions for cloakbrowser. Provides launch() and launch_async() — thin wrappers around Playwright that use our patched stealth Chromium binary instead of stock Chromium. Usage: from cloakbrowser import launch browser = launch() page = browser.new_page() page.goto("https://protected-site.com") browser.close() """ from __future__ import annotations import logging import os from typing import Any, Literal, TypedDict from urllib.parse import unquote, urlparse, urlunparse from .config import DEFAULT_VIEWPORT, IGNORE_DEFAULT_ARGS, get_default_stealth_args from .download import ensure_binary logger = logging.getLogger("cloakbrowser") def _resolve_timezone(timezone: str | None, kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None: """Accept both timezone and timezone_id — either works, no warning.""" if "timezone_id" in kwargs: if timezone is None: timezone = kwargs.pop("timezone_id") else: kwargs.pop("timezone_id") return timezone class _ProxySettingsRequired(TypedDict): server: str class ProxySettings(_ProxySettingsRequired, total=False): """Playwright-compatible proxy configuration.""" bypass: str username: str password: str def launch( headless: bool = True, proxy: str | ProxySettings | None = None, args: list[str] | None = None, stealth_args: bool = True, timezone: str | None = None, locale: str | None = None, geoip: bool = False, backend: str | None = None, humanize: bool = False, human_preset: str = "default", human_config: dict | None = None, **kwargs: Any, ) -> Any: """Launch stealth Chromium browser. Returns a Playwright Browser object. Args: headless: Run in headless mode (default True). proxy: Proxy URL string or Playwright proxy dict. String: 'http://user:pass@proxy:8080' (credentials auto-extracted). Dict: {"server": "http://proxy:8080", "bypass": ".google.com", ...} — passed directly to Playwright. args: Additional Chromium CLI arguments to pass. stealth_args: Include default stealth fingerprint args (default True). Set to False if you want to pass your own --fingerprint flags. timezone: IANA timezone (e.g. 'America/New_York'). Sets --fingerprint-timezone binary flag. locale: BCP 47 locale (e.g. 'en-US'). Sets --lang binary flag. geoip: Auto-detect timezone/locale from proxy IP (default False). Requires ``pip install cloakbrowser[geoip]``. Downloads ~70 MB GeoLite2-City database on first use. Explicit timezone/locale always override geoip results. backend: Playwright backend — 'playwright' (default) or 'patchright'. Patchright suppresses CDP signals (helps reCAPTCHA v3 Enterprise) but breaks proxy auth and add_init_script. Override globally with CLOAKBROWSER_BACKEND env var. humanize: Enable human-like mouse, keyboard, scroll behavior (default False). human_preset: Humanize preset — 'default' or 'careful' (default 'default'). human_config: Custom humanize config dict to override preset values. **kwargs: Passed directly to playwright.chromium.launch(). Returns: Playwright Browser object — use same API as playwright.chromium.launch(). Example: >>> from cloakbrowser import launch >>> browser = launch() >>> page = browser.new_page() >>> page.goto("https://bot.incolumitas.com") >>> print(page.title()) >>> browser.close() """ sync_playwright = _import_sync_playwright(_resolve_backend(backend)) binary_path = ensure_binary() timezone, locale = maybe_resolve_geoip(geoip, proxy, timezone, locale) chrome_args = build_args(stealth_args, args, timezone=timezone, locale=locale, headless=headless) logger.debug("Launching stealth Chromium (headless=%s, args=%d)", headless, len(chrome_args)) pw = sync_playwright().start() browser = pw.chromium.launch( executable_path=binary_path, headless=headless, args=chrome_args, ignore_default_args=IGNORE_DEFAULT_ARGS, **_build_proxy_kwargs(proxy), **kwargs, ) # Patch close() to also stop the Playwright instance _original_close = browser.close def _close_with_cleanup() -> None: try: _original_close() finally: pw.stop() browser.close = _close_with_cleanup # Human-like behavioral patching if humanize: from .human import patch_browser from .human.config import resolve_config cfg = resolve_config(human_preset, human_config) patch_browser(browser, cfg) return browser async def launch_async( # noqa: C901 headless: bool = True, proxy: str | ProxySettings | None = None, args: list[str] | None = None, stealth_args: bool = True, timezone: str | None = None, locale: str | None = None, geoip: bool = False, backend: str | None = None, humanize: bool = False, human_preset: str = "default", human_config: dict | None = None, **kwargs: Any, ) -> Any: """Async version of launch(). Returns a Playwright Browser object. Args: headless: Run in headless mode (default True). proxy: Proxy URL string or Playwright proxy dict (see launch() for details). args: Additional Chromium CLI arguments to pass. stealth_args: Include default stealth fingerprint args (default True). timezone: IANA timezone (e.g. 'America/New_York'). Sets --fingerprint-timezone binary flag. locale: BCP 47 locale (e.g. 'en-US'). Sets --lang binary flag. geoip: Auto-detect timezone/locale from proxy IP (default False). backend: Playwright backend — 'playwright' (default) or 'patchright'. humanize: Enable human-like mouse, keyboard, scroll behavior (default False). human_preset: Humanize preset — 'default' or 'careful' (default 'default'). human_config: Custom humanize config dict to override preset values. **kwargs: Passed directly to playwright.chromium.launch(). Returns: Playwright Browser object (async API). Example: >>> import asyncio >>> from cloakbrowser import launch_async >>> >>> async def main(): ... browser = await launch_async() ... page = await browser.new_page() ... await page.goto("https://bot.incolumitas.com") ... print(await page.title()) ... await browser.close() >>> >>> asyncio.run(main()) """ async_playwright = _import_async_playwright(_resolve_backend(backend)) binary_path = ensure_binary() timezone, locale = maybe_resolve_geoip(geoip, proxy, timezone, locale) chrome_args = build_args(stealth_args, args, timezone=timezone, locale=locale, headless=headless) logger.debug("Launching stealth Chromium async (headless=%s, args=%d)", headless, len(chrome_args)) pw = await async_playwright().start() browser = await pw.chromium.launch( executable_path=binary_path, headless=headless, args=chrome_args, ignore_default_args=IGNORE_DEFAULT_ARGS, **_build_proxy_kwargs(proxy), **kwargs, ) # Patch close() to also stop the Playwright instance _original_close = browser.close async def _close_with_cleanup() -> None: try: await _original_close() finally: await pw.stop() browser.close = _close_with_cleanup # Human-like behavioral patching (async variant) if humanize: from .human import patch_browser_async from .human.config import resolve_config cfg = resolve_config(human_preset, human_config) patch_browser_async(browser, cfg) return browser def launch_persistent_context( user_data_dir: str | os.PathLike, headless: bool = True, proxy: str | ProxySettings | None = None, args: list[str] | None = None, stealth_args: bool = True, user_agent: str | None = None, viewport: dict | None = None, locale: str | None = None, timezone: str | None = None, color_scheme: Literal["light", "dark", "no-preference"] | None = None, geoip: bool = False, backend: str | None = None, humanize: bool = False, human_preset: str = "default", human_config: dict | None = None, **kwargs: Any, ) -> Any: """Launch stealth browser with a persistent profile and return a BrowserContext. This persists cookies, localStorage, cache, and other browser state across sessions by storing them in ``user_data_dir``. Also avoids incognito detection by services like BrowserScan (-10% penalty). Args: user_data_dir: Path to the directory where browser profile data is stored. Created automatically if it doesn't exist. Reuse the same path across sessions to restore cookies, localStorage, cached credentials, etc. headless: Run in headless mode (default True). proxy: Proxy URL string or Playwright proxy dict (see launch() for details). args: Additional Chromium CLI arguments. stealth_args: Include default stealth fingerprint args (default True). user_agent: Custom user agent string. viewport: Viewport size dict, e.g. {"width": 1920, "height": 1080}. locale: Browser locale, e.g. "en-US". timezone: IANA timezone (e.g. 'America/New_York'). color_scheme: Color scheme preference — 'light', 'dark', or 'no-preference'. Default: None (uses Chromium default, which is 'light'). geoip: Auto-detect timezone/locale from proxy IP (default False). Requires ``pip install cloakbrowser[geoip]``. backend: Playwright backend — 'playwright' (default) or 'patchright'. humanize: Enable human-like mouse, keyboard, scroll behavior (default False). human_preset: Humanize preset — 'default' or 'careful' (default 'default'). human_config: Custom humanize config dict to override preset values. **kwargs: Passed directly to playwright.chromium.launch_persistent_context(). Returns: Playwright BrowserContext object backed by a persistent profile. Call ``.close()`` when done — this also stops the Playwright instance. Example: >>> from cloakbrowser import launch_persistent_context >>> ctx = launch_persistent_context("./my-profile", headless=False) >>> page = ctx.new_page() >>> page.goto("https://protected-site.com") >>> ctx.close() # Profile is saved; re-use path next run to restore state. """ sync_playwright = _import_sync_playwright(_resolve_backend(backend)) timezone = _resolve_timezone(timezone, kwargs) binary_path = ensure_binary() timezone, locale = maybe_resolve_geoip(geoip, proxy, timezone, locale) chrome_args = build_args(stealth_args, args, timezone=timezone, locale=locale, headless=headless) logger.debug( "Launching persistent stealth Chromium (headless=%s, user_data_dir=%s)", headless, user_data_dir, ) # locale and timezone are set via binary flags (--lang, --fingerprint-timezone) # — NOT via Playwright context kwargs which use detectable CDP emulation. context_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {} if user_agent: context_kwargs["user_agent"] = user_agent context_kwargs["viewport"] = viewport or DEFAULT_VIEWPORT if color_scheme: context_kwargs["color_scheme"] = color_scheme context_kwargs.update(kwargs) pw = sync_playwright().start() context = pw.chromium.launch_persistent_context( user_data_dir=os.fspath(user_data_dir), executable_path=binary_path, headless=headless, args=chrome_args, ignore_default_args=IGNORE_DEFAULT_ARGS, **_build_proxy_kwargs(proxy), **context_kwargs, ) # Patch close() to also stop the Playwright instance _original_close = context.close def _close_with_cleanup() -> None: try: _original_close() finally: pw.stop() context.close = _close_with_cleanup # Human-like behavioral patching if humanize: from .human import patch_context from .human.config import resolve_config cfg = resolve_config(human_preset, human_config) patch_context(context, cfg) return context async def launch_persistent_context_async( user_data_dir: str | os.PathLike, headless: bool = True, proxy: str | ProxySettings | None = None, args: list[str] | None = None, stealth_args: bool = True, user_agent: str | None = None, viewport: dict | None = None, locale: str | None = None, timezone: str | None = None, color_scheme: Literal["light", "dark", "no-preference"] | None = None, geoip: bool = False, backend: str | None = None, humanize: bool = False, human_preset: str = "default", human_config: dict | None = None, **kwargs: Any, ) -> Any: """Async version of launch_persistent_context(). Launch stealth browser with a persistent profile and return a BrowserContext. This persists cookies, localStorage, cache, and other browser state across sessions by storing them in ``user_data_dir``. Args: user_data_dir: Path to the directory where browser profile data is stored. Created automatically if it doesn't exist. headless: Run in headless mode (default True). proxy: Proxy URL string or Playwright proxy dict (see launch() for details). args: Additional Chromium CLI arguments. stealth_args: Include default stealth fingerprint args (default True). user_agent: Custom user agent string. viewport: Viewport size dict, e.g. {"width": 1920, "height": 1080}. locale: Browser locale, e.g. "en-US". timezone: IANA timezone (e.g. 'America/New_York'). color_scheme: Color scheme preference — 'light', 'dark', or 'no-preference'. geoip: Auto-detect timezone/locale from proxy IP (default False). backend: Playwright backend — 'playwright' (default) or 'patchright'. humanize: Enable human-like mouse, keyboard, scroll behavior (default False). human_preset: Humanize preset — 'default' or 'careful' (default 'default'). human_config: Custom humanize config dict to override preset values. **kwargs: Passed directly to playwright.chromium.launch_persistent_context(). Returns: Playwright BrowserContext object backed by a persistent profile (async API). Call ``await .close()`` when done. Example: >>> import asyncio >>> from cloakbrowser import launch_persistent_context_async >>> >>> async def main(): ... ctx = await launch_persistent_context_async("./my-profile", headless=False) ... page = await ctx.new_page() ... await page.goto("https://protected-site.com") ... await ctx.close() >>> >>> asyncio.run(main()) """ async_playwright = _import_async_playwright(_resolve_backend(backend)) timezone = _resolve_timezone(timezone, kwargs) binary_path = ensure_binary() timezone, locale = maybe_resolve_geoip(geoip, proxy, timezone, locale) chrome_args = build_args(stealth_args, args, timezone=timezone, locale=locale, headless=headless) logger.debug( "Launching persistent stealth Chromium async (headless=%s, user_data_dir=%s)", headless, user_data_dir, ) # locale and timezone are set via binary flags (--lang, --fingerprint-timezone) # — NOT via Playwright context kwargs which use detectable CDP emulation. context_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {} if user_agent: context_kwargs["user_agent"] = user_agent context_kwargs["viewport"] = viewport or DEFAULT_VIEWPORT if color_scheme: context_kwargs["color_scheme"] = color_scheme context_kwargs.update(kwargs) pw = await async_playwright().start() context = await pw.chromium.launch_persistent_context( user_data_dir=os.fspath(user_data_dir), executable_path=binary_path, headless=headless, args=chrome_args, ignore_default_args=IGNORE_DEFAULT_ARGS, **_build_proxy_kwargs(proxy), **context_kwargs, ) # Patch close() to also stop the Playwright instance _original_close = context.close async def _close_with_cleanup() -> None: try: await _original_close() finally: await pw.stop() context.close = _close_with_cleanup # Human-like behavioral patching (async variant) if humanize: from .human import patch_context_async from .human.config import resolve_config cfg = resolve_config(human_preset, human_config) patch_context_async(context, cfg) return context def launch_context( headless: bool = True, proxy: str | ProxySettings | None = None, args: list[str] | None = None, stealth_args: bool = True, user_agent: str | None = None, viewport: dict | None = None, locale: str | None = None, timezone: str | None = None, color_scheme: Literal["light", "dark", "no-preference"] | None = None, geoip: bool = False, backend: str | None = None, humanize: bool = False, human_preset: str = "default", human_config: dict | None = None, **kwargs: Any, ) -> Any: """Launch stealth browser and return a BrowserContext with common options pre-set. Convenience function that creates a browser + context in one call. Useful for setting user agent, viewport, locale, etc. Args: headless: Run in headless mode (default True). proxy: Proxy URL string or Playwright proxy dict (see launch() for details). args: Additional Chromium CLI arguments. stealth_args: Include default stealth fingerprint args (default True). user_agent: Custom user agent string. viewport: Viewport size dict, e.g. {"width": 1920, "height": 1080}. locale: Browser locale, e.g. "en-US". timezone: IANA timezone (e.g. 'America/New_York'). color_scheme: Color scheme preference — 'light', 'dark', or 'no-preference'. Default: None (uses Chromium default, which is 'light'). geoip: Auto-detect timezone/locale from proxy IP (default False). backend: Playwright backend — 'playwright' (default) or 'patchright'. humanize: Enable human-like mouse, keyboard, scroll behavior (default False). human_preset: Humanize preset — 'default' or 'careful' (default 'default'). human_config: Custom humanize config dict to override preset values. **kwargs: Passed to browser.new_context(). Returns: Playwright BrowserContext object. """ timezone = _resolve_timezone(timezone, kwargs) # Resolve geoip BEFORE launch() to avoid double-resolution and ensure # resolved values flow to binary flags timezone, locale = maybe_resolve_geoip(geoip, proxy, timezone, locale) # --fingerprint-timezone is process-wide (reads CommandLine in renderer), # so it applies to ALL contexts, not just the default one. # locale and timezone are set via binary flags only — no CDP emulation. browser = launch(headless=headless, proxy=proxy, args=args, stealth_args=stealth_args, timezone=timezone, locale=locale, backend=backend) context_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {} if user_agent: context_kwargs["user_agent"] = user_agent context_kwargs["viewport"] = viewport or DEFAULT_VIEWPORT if color_scheme: context_kwargs["color_scheme"] = color_scheme context_kwargs.update(kwargs) try: context = browser.new_context(**context_kwargs) except Exception: browser.close() raise # Patch close() to also close the browser (and its Playwright instance) _original_ctx_close = context.close def _close_context_with_cleanup() -> None: try: _original_ctx_close() finally: browser.close() context.close = _close_context_with_cleanup # Human-like behavioral patching if humanize: from .human import patch_context from .human.config import resolve_config cfg = resolve_config(human_preset, human_config) patch_context(context, cfg) return context # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Backend resolution # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def _resolve_backend(backend: str | None) -> str: """Resolve backend: param > env var > default ('playwright').""" b = backend or os.environ.get("CLOAKBROWSER_BACKEND", "playwright") if b not in ("playwright", "patchright"): raise ValueError(f"Unknown backend '{b}'. Use 'playwright' or 'patchright'.") return b def _import_sync_playwright(backend: str): """Import sync_playwright from the resolved backend.""" if backend == "patchright": try: from patchright.sync_api import sync_playwright except ModuleNotFoundError: raise ModuleNotFoundError( "patchright is not installed. Install it with: pip install cloakbrowser[patchright]" ) from None return sync_playwright from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright return sync_playwright def _import_async_playwright(backend: str): """Import async_playwright from the resolved backend.""" if backend == "patchright": try: from patchright.async_api import async_playwright except ModuleNotFoundError: raise ModuleNotFoundError( "patchright is not installed. Install it with: pip install cloakbrowser[patchright]" ) from None return async_playwright from playwright.async_api import async_playwright return async_playwright # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Internal helpers # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def _ensure_proxy_scheme(proxy_url: str) -> str: """Prepend http:// to schemeless proxy URLs so parsers can extract hostname.""" return proxy_url if "://" in proxy_url else f"http://{proxy_url}" def maybe_resolve_geoip( geoip: bool, proxy: str | ProxySettings | None, timezone: str | None, locale: str | None, ) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]: """Auto-fill timezone/locale from proxy IP when geoip is enabled.""" if not geoip or not proxy or (timezone is not None and locale is not None): return timezone, locale from .geoip import resolve_proxy_geo proxy_url = proxy.get("server") if isinstance(proxy, dict) else proxy if not proxy_url: return timezone, locale proxy_url = _ensure_proxy_scheme(proxy_url) geo_tz, geo_locale = resolve_proxy_geo(proxy_url) if timezone is None: timezone = geo_tz if locale is None: locale = geo_locale return timezone, locale def build_args( stealth_args: bool, extra_args: list[str] | None, timezone: str | None = None, locale: str | None = None, headless: bool = True, ) -> list[str]: """Combine stealth args with user-provided args and locale flags. Deduplicates by flag key (everything before '='). Priority: stealth defaults < user args < dedicated params (timezone/locale). """ seen: dict[str, str] = {} if stealth_args: for arg in get_default_stealth_args(): seen[arg.split("=", 1)[0]] = arg # GPU blocklist bypass: # - Headed mode (all platforms): Chromium blocks WebGL on software GPUs # in Docker/Xvfb. Flag lets SwiftShader serve WebGL. See issue #56. # - Windows (all modes): Chromium's GPU blocklist blocks WebGPU for the # Microsoft Basic Render Driver. Dawn's adapter_blocklist bypass alone # isn't enough — need this flag too. Linux doesn't need it. import platform as _platform if not headless or _platform.system() == "Windows": seen["--ignore-gpu-blocklist"] = "--ignore-gpu-blocklist" if extra_args: for arg in extra_args: key = arg.split("=", 1)[0] if key in seen: logger.debug("Arg override: %s -> %s", seen[key], arg) seen[key] = arg # Timezone/locale flags are independent of stealth_args — always inject when set if timezone: key = "--fingerprint-timezone" flag = f"{key}={timezone}" if key in seen: logger.debug("Arg override: %s -> %s", seen[key], flag) seen[key] = flag if locale: for key in ("--lang", "--fingerprint-locale"): flag = f"{key}={locale}" if key in seen: logger.debug("Arg override: %s -> %s", seen[key], flag) seen[key] = flag return list(seen.values()) def _parse_proxy_url(proxy: str) -> dict[str, Any]: """Parse proxy URL, extracting credentials into separate Playwright fields. Handles: http://user:pass@host:port -> {server: "http://host:port", username: "user", password: "pass"} Also handles: no credentials, URL-encoded special chars, socks5://, missing port, and bare proxy strings without a scheme (e.g. 'user:pass@host:port' -> treated as http). """ # Bare format: "user:pass@host:port" — urlparse needs a scheme to extract credentials. normalized = proxy if "@" in proxy and "://" not in proxy: normalized = f"http://{proxy}" parsed = urlparse(normalized) if not parsed.username: return {"server": proxy} # no creds — return original unchanged # Rebuild server URL without credentials netloc = parsed.hostname or "" if parsed.port: netloc += f":{parsed.port}" server = urlunparse((parsed.scheme, netloc, parsed.path, "", "", "")) result: dict[str, Any] = {"server": server} result["username"] = unquote(parsed.username) if parsed.password: result["password"] = unquote(parsed.password) return result def _build_proxy_kwargs(proxy: str | ProxySettings | None) -> dict[str, Any]: """Build proxy kwargs for Playwright launch.""" if proxy is None: return {} if isinstance(proxy, dict): return {"proxy": proxy} return {"proxy": _parse_proxy_url(proxy)}