FujiwaraChoki/MoneyPrinterV2 · error · ValueError

Firefox profile path does not exist or is not a directory: {

Error message

Firefox profile path does not exist or is not a directory: {self._fp_profile_path}

What it means

ValueError raised in YouTube.__init__ when self._fp_profile_path fails os.path.isdir before `-profile` is appended to Firefox options. Identical guard to the Twitter class: the selenium Firefox profile must be an existing directory or the browser cannot start.

Source

Thrown at src/classes/YouTube.py:87

            None
        """
        self._account_uuid: str = account_uuid
        self._account_nickname: str = account_nickname
        self._fp_profile_path: str = fp_profile_path
        self._niche: str = niche
        self._language: str = language

        self.images = []

        # Initialize the Firefox profile
        self.options: Options = Options()

        # Set headless state of browser
        if get_headless():
            self.options.add_argument("--headless")

        if not os.path.isdir(self._fp_profile_path):
            raise ValueError(
                f"Firefox profile path does not exist or is not a directory: {self._fp_profile_path}"
            )

        self.options.add_argument("-profile")
        self.options.add_argument(self._fp_profile_path)

        # Set the service
        self.service: Service = Service(GeckoDriverManager().install())

        # Initialize the browser
        self.browser: webdriver.Firefox = webdriver.Firefox(
            service=self.service, options=self.options
        )

    @property
    def niche(self) -> str:
        """
        Getter Method for the niche.

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Solutions

1. Confirm directory exists: `ls <self._fp_profile_path>`
2. Use an absolute, expanduser-normalized path in the config
3. Recreate the Firefox profile if deleted
4. Add a preflight check (scripts/preflight_local.py) validating the path

Example fix

# before
"fp_profile_path": "~/FirefoxProfiles/yt"
# after (config stores absolute path, code expands it)
import os
path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(cfg["fp_profile_path"]))
if not os.path.isdir(path):
    raise SystemExit(f"configure profile at {path}")

import os
path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(cfg["fp_profile_path"]))
if not os.path.isdir(path):
    raise SystemExit(f"Configure YouTube Firefox profile at {path}")

def is_valid_profile_path(p: str) -> bool:
    import os
    return isinstance(p, str) and os.path.isdir(os.path.expanduser(p))

try:
    yt = YouTube(...)
except ValueError as e:
    print(f"Bad profile config: {e}"); raise

When it happens

Trigger: Constructing the YouTube automation class with a missing/file/incorrect _fp_profile_path, e.g. bad value in config.json or a path not expanded from ~.

Common situations: Unexpanded tilde path, OS-specific separators, profile directory deleted, or running from a different working directory with a relative path.

Related errors

• Firefox profile path does not exist or is not a directory: {
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• Could not find the Post button on X compose screen.

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