getting URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused> in selenium webdriver using python in phantomjs

Question

I'm using Selenium Webdriver in Python.

While running the script in a headless browser(phantomjs) I'm getting an URLError:

<urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused> 

Anyone can please help to handle this?

Answer 1

After doing some research, it seems to happen unpredictably but after I've made a few requests with Selenium / Phantom. If I create a new webdriver with

driver = webdriver.PhantomJS()

then, I am able to continue making requests. I suggest you use the same workaround.

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