trying to use edge

data/cities.csv

@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 rank,Latitude,Longitude,Name of City,Country,2021 Population,2020 Population,Growth,Population Difference,Population Change
+1,35.6828387,139.7594549,Tokyo,Japan,37339804,37393128,-0.0014,53324,declined
+2,28.6517178,77.2219388,Delhi,India,31181376,30290936,0.0294,890440,grew
+3,31.2322758,121.4692071,Shanghai,China,27795702,27058480,0.0272,737222,grew
+4,-23.5506507,-46.6333824,Sao Paulo,Brazil,22237472,22043028,0.0088,194444,grew
+5,19.4326296,-99.1331785,Mexico City,Mexico,21918936,21782378,0.0063,136558,grew
+6,23.7861979,90.4026151,Dhaka,Bangladesh,21741090,21005860,0.035,735230,grew
+7,30.0443879,31.2357257,Cairo,Egypt,21322750,20900604,0.0202,422146,grew
+8,39.906217,116.3912757,Beijing,China,20896820,20462610,0.0212,434210,grew
+9,19.0759899,72.8773928,Mumbai,India,20667656,20411274,0.0126,256382,grew
+10,34.6198813,135.490357,Osaka,Japan,19110616,19165340,-0.0029,54724,declined
+11,24.8546842,67.0207055,Karachi,Pakistan,16459472,16093786,0.0227,365686,grew
+12,29.5647398,106.5478767,Chongqing,China,16382376,15872179,0.0321,510197,grew
+13,41.0096334,28.9651646,Istanbul,Turkey,15415197,15190336,0.0148,224861,grew
+14,-34.6075682,-58.4370894,Buenos Aires,Argentina,15257673,15153729,0.0069,103944,grew
+15,22.5414185,88.3576912,Kolkata,India,14974073,14850066,0.0084,124007,grew
+16,-4.3217055,15.3125974,Kinshasa,DR Congo,14970460,14342439,0.0438,628021,grew
 17,6.4550575,3.3941795,Lagos,Nigeria,14862111,14368332,0.0344,493779,grew
 18,14.5907332,120.9809674,Manila,Philippines,14158573,13923452,0.0169,235121,grew
 19,39.0856735,117.1951073,Tianjin,China,13794450,13589078,0.0151,205372,grew

src/index.ts

@@ -9,23 +9,57 @@ import chrome, { ServiceBuilder } from 'selenium-webdriver/chrome';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { getCities } from './lib/cities';
-import { WebDriverUtils, saveContactInfoToCSV, useExistingChrome, disableCookiesInChrome } from './lib/utils';
+import { WebDriverUtils, saveContactInfoToCSV } from './lib/utils';
 import * as UIActions from './lib/UIActions';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
-
+import os from 'os';
+import edge from 'selenium-webdriver/edge';
 
 /**
  * Function to visit TripAdvisor pages for each city
  */
 async function visitCityPages(): Promise<void> {
 
+    const userHomeDir = os.homedir(); // gets C:\Users\<YourName>
+    const driverPath = path.join(userHomeDir, 'Documents', 'edgedriver_win64', 'msedgedriver.exe');
+  
+    // Configure Edge service to use your custom driver path
+    const service = new edge.ServiceBuilder(driverPath);
+  
+    const options = new edge.Options();
+    options.addArguments('--inprivate');
+    options.addArguments('--start-maximized');
+  
+    let driver: WebDriver;
+    driver = await new Builder()
+    .forBrowser('MicrosoftEdge')
+    .setEdgeOptions(options)
+    .setEdgeService(service)
+    .build();
+
+    await driver.get('https://www.tripadvisor.com');
+    await WebDriverUtils.wait(5);
+
+    /*
+
+
+    // Connect to an existing Chrome browser running in debug mode on port 9222
+    const options = new chrome.Options();
+
+    // Set the debugger address to connect to the existing Chrome instance
+    options.debuggerAddress('localhost:9222');
+
+    // Create WebDriver instance that connects to the existing browser
+    const driver: WebDriver = await new Builder()
+        .forBrowser('chrome')
+        .setChromeOptions(options)
+        .build();
+    */
+
     const cities = getCities(path.join(__dirname, '../data/cities.csv'));
 
     console.log('Connecting to existing Chrome browser...');
 
-    const driver = await useExistingChrome();
-    if (!driver) return;
-
     // Visit each city's TripAdvisor page
     for (let i = 0; i < cities.length; i++) {
         const city = cities[i];

src/lib/utils.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
  * Utility class for common WebDriver operations
  */
 
-import { Builder, By, until, WebDriver } from 'selenium-webdriver';
-import chrome from 'selenium-webdriver/chrome';
+import { WebDriver, By, until } from 'selenium-webdriver';
 import { writeFileSync, existsSync, appendFileSync } from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { ContactInfo } from './types';
@@ -44,58 +43,3 @@ export function saveContactInfoToCSV(city: string, contactInfo: ContactInfo, fil
 
     console.log(`Contact info saved to ${filePath}`);
 }
-
-export async function disableCookiesInChrome(): Promise<WebDriver | null> {
-    // Set Chrome options
-    const options = new chrome.Options();
-
-    // 1. Block all cookies
-    //options.setUserPreferences({
-    //    'profile.default_content_setting_values.cookies': 2, // 2 = Block all
-    //    'profile.block_third_party_cookies': true
-    //});
-
-    // 2. Optional: Launch in incognito for extra privacy
-    options.addArguments('--incognito');
-    options.addArguments('--start-maximized');
-
-    let driver: WebDriver | null = null;
-
-    try {
-        driver = await new Builder()
-            .forBrowser('chrome')
-            .setChromeOptions(options)
-            .build();
-
-        await driver.get('https://www.tripadvisor.com/');
-
-        console.log('Chrome launched with cookies disabled.');
-
-        // Optional: Verify cookies are blocked by trying to set/get a cookie
-        await driver.manage().addCookie({ name: 'test', value: '123' });
-        const cookies = await driver.manage().getCookies();
-        console.log('Cookies after trying to add:', cookies); // Should be empty or restricted
-
-        return driver;
-    } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Error:', error);
-        return driver;
-    }
-
-}
-
-export async function useExistingChrome(): Promise<WebDriver> {
-    // Connect to an existing Chrome browser running in debug mode on port 9222
-    const options = new chrome.Options();
-
-    // Set the debugger address to connect to the existing Chrome instance
-    options.debuggerAddress('localhost:9222');
-
-    // Create WebDriver instance that connects to the existing browser
-    const driver: WebDriver = await new Builder()
-        .forBrowser('chrome')
-        .setChromeOptions(options)
-        .build();
-
-    return driver;
-}