pyinstaller does not put browser in exe file build

[harbet333]

i have a code:

import asyncio
import json
import os
from patchright.async_api import async_playwright

SESSION_FILE = "session.json"
URL = "https://www.twitch.tv/login"  

class BrowserSession:
    async def load_session(self, browser):
        """Load session."""
        if os.path.exists(SESSION_FILE):
            with open(SESSION_FILE, "r") as f:
                storage_state = json.load(f)
            return await browser.new_context(storage_state=storage_state)
        return await browser.new_context()

    async def save_session(self, context):
        """save session."""
        storage = await context.storage_state()
        with open(SESSION_FILE, "w") as f:
            json.dump(storage, f)
        print("sesion saved")

    async def run(self):
        async with async_playwright() as p:
            browser = await p.chromium.launch(headless=False)
            context = await self.load_session(browser)
            page = await context.new_page()
            
            await page.goto(URL)
            print(f"Open page: {URL}")
            print("Press Enter to save session and exit...")
            
            # waiting Enter
            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
            await loop.run_in_executor(None, input)
            
            await self.save_session(context)
            await browser.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    session = BrowserSession()
    asyncio.run(session.run())

this code works in visual studio code in venv

I try to create an exe file to execute it, but no matter what I enter in the terminal, it does not include the browser in the exe file, and therefore nothing works

I tried:

set PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0
playwright install chromium
pyinstaller -F main.py

set PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0
patchright install chromium
pyinstaller -F main.py

set PATCHRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0
patchright install chromium
pyinstaller -F main.py

set PATCHRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0
playwright install chromium
pyinstaller -F main.py

None of these methods work. Please , help me , when using the standard playwright in the code, the command from the manual works https://playwright.dev/python/docs/library

set PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0
playwright install chromium
pyinstaller -F main.py

but the standard playwright does not allow logging into twitch

[harbet333]

I tried to do this
pyinstaller --clean -F --collect-all "patchright" pathcrightV2.test.py
as it was written here #10

the file size has increased a little, but it still does not import the browser into the exe file

C:\Users\harbet333w\Desktop\scrStrm\patchRight\dist>pathcrightV2.test.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pathcrightV2.test.py", line 44, in <module>
  File "asyncio\runners.py", line 44, in run
  File "asyncio\base_events.py", line 646, in run_until_complete
  File "pathcrightV2.test.py", line 27, in run
  File "patchright\async_api\_generated.py", line 14168, in launch
  File "patchright\_impl\_browser_type.py", line 82, in launch
  File "patchright\_impl\_connection.py", line 46, in send
  File "patchright\_impl\_connection.py", line 478, in wrap_api_call
patchright._impl._errors.Error: BrowserType.launch: Executable doesn't exist at C:\Users\HARBET~1\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI137362\patchright\driver\package\.local-browsers\chromium-1161\chrome-win\chrome.exe

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║ Looks like Playwright was just installed or updated.       ║
║ Please run the following command to download new browsers: ║
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║     playwright install                                     ║
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║ <3 Playwright Team                                         ║
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[PYI-17596:ERROR] Failed to execute script 'pathcrightV2.test' due to unhandled exception!

[harbet333]

I came up with a temporary solution for this problem, maybe it will help someone who faced the same situation. The paths to the files may differ. Run your generated exe via CMD, and look at the path to the browser you need, and also check the path to your Python, and replace it with your own, for me it turned out like this:

see your python folder here

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\

see your browsers folder here

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\

for me it turned out like this:

pyinstaller --onefile --add-data="C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\patchright\driver;patchright/driver" --add-data="C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\chromium-1161:patchright\driver\package\.local-browsers\chromium-1161" main.py

[Vinyzu]

Ive spend some good amount of time trying to figure this out/debug this, but i could not get anything to work.
Im not too familiar with pyinstaller, maybe someone with more knowledge there can figure this out.

Most likely some setup misconfiguration in the Playwright Registry. Contributions welcome!

[kaliiiiiiiiii]

Im not too familiar with pyinstaller, maybe someone with more knowledge there can figure this out.

Probably requires adding a hook over https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/hooks.html

e.g. ~ https://github.com/pyinstaller/hooksample/blob/master/src/pyi_hooksample/__pyinstaller/hook-pyi_hooksample.py#L45 & https://github.com/pyinstaller/hooksample/blob/a2aabc4372ebf0f9c0f861f2cba2d6053f29c6b4/setup.cfg#L44

To include the browser executables