I searched documentation for the argument service_args for the chrome webdriver, and I found the following pages: here and here, which unfortunately do not contain any useful content to answer my question.
So where can I find proper documentation on the service_args argument?
service_args are used inconjunction with chromedriver binary to pass the List of args to the chromedriver service
An example would be to pass the parameters e.g. log file path, to ignore ssl errors, any ssl protocol as follows :
service_args=["--log-path=D:\\Alex.log", "--ignore-ssl-errors=true", "--ssl-protocol=any"]
Your line of code will be :
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe', service_args=["--log-path=D:\\qc1.log", "--ignore-ssl-errors=true", "--ssl-protocol=any"])
The reason why this is not documented is unknown.
But most likely this option can be used to pass arguments to the chromedriver. The list of options can be seen by running
chromedriver --help
For version 2.24 of chromdriver you get the following list:
Usage: chromedriver [OPTIONS]
Options
--port=PORT port to listen on
--adb-port=PORT adb server port
--log-path=FILE write server log to file instead of stderr, increases log level to INFO
--verbose log verbosely
--version print the version number and exit
--silent log nothing
--url-base base URL path prefix for commands, e.g. wd/url
--port-server address of server to contact for reserving a port
--whitelisted-ips comma-separated whitelist of remote IPv4 addresses which are allowed to connect to ChromeDriver