How to enable javascript in selenium webdriver Chrome using python

Question

I am trying to open https://www.guidestar.org/ using selenium webdriver but it is able to detect I am a bot. The email I received says that javascript was not enabled so they were blocking my IP address. Can anyone suggest a code to enable javascripts

user_agent = 'Chrome/73.0.3683.86'
username = os.getenv("USERNAME")
userProfile = "C:\\Users\\" + username + "\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default"
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument(f'user-agent={user_agent}')
options.add_argument("user-data-dir={}".format(userProfile))
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options)
driver.get("http://www.guidestar.org")

I expected the website not to detect that I am a robot

Welcome to SO. Just add this below line and see. `options.add_argument("javascript.enabled", True)` — supputuri, Apr 02 '19 at 18:16

score 20 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 09 '23 at 06:18

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answers provided here won't work. instead, use

options.add_argument("--enable-javascript")

edited Jun 09 '23 at 06:18

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answered Aug 13 '19 at 17:27

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In the meantime, `chrome_options` has been deprecated. The parameter is now called just `options`. – JavAlex Oct 03 '22 at 16:27
This option doesn't work for me, any other solution – Yaser Sakkaf Mar 02 '23 at 02:23

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 02 '19 at 18:33

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As supputuri mentioned, add the following chrome option to your argument:

options.add_argument("javascript.enabled", True)

answered Apr 02 '19 at 18:33

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How to enable javascript in selenium webdriver Chrome using python

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