Switched to docker compose and wasted hours trying to have standalone firefox

app/utils_worker/download/browser.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import time
 import datetime
 import logging
 import os
-import sys
 import base64
 import requests
 from selenium import webdriver
@@ -20,28 +19,34 @@ class PDFDownloader:
     running = False
     
     def start(self):
-        options=Options()
+        try:
+            self.finish()
+        except:
+            self.logger.info("gecko driver not yet running")
+        options = webdriver.FirefoxOptions()
         options.profile = config["browser_profile_path"]
-        if "notheadless" in sys.argv:
-            self.logger.warning("Opening browser GUI because of Argument 'notheadless'")
-        else:
+        # should be options.set_preference("profile", config["browser_profile_path"]) as of selenium 4 but that doesn't work
+
+        if os.getenv("HEADLESS", "false") == "true":
             options.add_argument('--headless')
+        else:
+            self.logger.warning("Opening browser GUI because of 'HEADLESS=true'")
 
-        # Print to pdf
-        options.set_preference("print_printer", "Mozilla Save to PDF")
-        options.set_preference("print.always_print_silent", True)
-        options.set_preference("print.show_print_progress", False)
         options.set_preference('print.save_as_pdf.links.enabled', True)
-
         # Just save if the filetype is pdf already, does not work!
+
         options.set_preference("print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_to_file", True)
         options.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2)
         # options.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "application/pdf")
         # options.set_preference("pdfjs.disabled", True)
         options.set_preference("browser.download.dir", config["default_download_path"])
 
-        self.logger.info("Now Starting gecko driver")
-        self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options)
+        self.logger.info("Starting gecko driver")
+        self.driver = webdriver.Firefox(
+            options = options,
+            service = webdriver.firefox.service.Service(
+                log_path = f'{config["local_storage_path"]}/geckodriver.log'
+        ))
         
         residues = os.listdir(config["default_download_path"])
         for res in residues:
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ class PDFDownloader:
             self.start() # relaunch the dl util    
 
     def finish(self):
+        self.logger.info("Exiting gecko driver")
         self.driver.quit()
         self.running = False