Questions tagged [chrome-options]
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Chrome Options in Python Selenium : Disable GPU vs Headless
In python-selenium chrome_options, What exactly is the difference between the following two options, I know both runs the selenium script without opening the browser.…

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Change ChromeOptions in an existing webdriver
Scenario: There is a requirement of downloading files from web hierarchy to local drive under same hierarchy.
Example Web Hierarchy:
Parent 1:
Child 1:
*File 1
Child 2:
*File 2
When downloading File 1, it should store in…

Siddharth Kulkarni
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Can I still specify a path to chromedriver using ChromeOptions in Python?
I received this error: "WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH."
The only way I was able to fix it was to manually add one of the locations of chromedriver like this:
driver =…

Ann Colvin
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What does double dash (--) implies in Selenium ChromeOptions
I am using selenium with java and I am using some chrome options with it. But I see different usages of chrome options in different sources. I mean some folks using double dash before the option and some do not (like disable-dev-shm-usage and…

rdonuk
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Pass audio from file to Chrome using selenium
I'm trying to pass .wav file to Google Web Speech API Demonstration with
"--use-file-for-fake-audio-capture=/path/to/file.wav"
Using Web Speech API requires selecting a language and clicking the microphone icon. In result, I expect the .wav file…

miszo
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Where can I find a list of all available ChromeOptions with selenium?
Where can I find a list of all available Chrome Options with selenium?
While crawling with selenium in a python environment, I had to use flash in the chrome webdriver.
so I tried to find a setting that would allow Flash and I found these…

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Python Selenium Chrome disable prompt for "Trying to download multiple files"
I am currently running a Python automator which needs to download multiple files within the same session using Selenium Chromedriver.
The problem is that when the browser attempts to download the second file and read it, the browser will not…

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How to change browser language of webdriverio
I would like to change browser language. but it is not working. default browser language is displayed..
capabilities: [{
browserName: 'chrome',
chromeOptions: {
args: ['--lang=ja']
}
}],

Tomo
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How To Set ChromeOptions (or goog:ChromeOptions) for Selenium::Chrome in Perl
In Python, I could easily change the browser "navigator.webdriver" property to false, when using the local chromedriver with my local Chrome browser.
from selenium import webdriver
options =…

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Chrome options Proxy Bypass List not working
I've been trying to add arguments to my Chrome Options to use a proxy and to ignore certain URL's.
I've followed the documentation and am trying to run this very simple test:
@Test
public void myTest(){
ChromeOptions options = new…

ChrisG29
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Getting network information with ChromeDriver in C#
I'm trying to access the network tab information from a chrome page that was launched with ChromeDriver in C#.
I would like total data transferred and page load time at the least...
I've been messing around with setting different ChromeOptions and…

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How to change download directory location path in Selenium using Chrome?
I'm using Selenium in Python and I'm trying to change the download path. But either this:
prefs = {"download.default_directory": "C:\\Users\\personal\\Downloads\\exports"}
options.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)`
or…

Luigi Montaleone
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Selenium: get() not working with custom google profile
All what im trying to do is pretty much access whatsapp web where I have my whatsapp already linked, However when I use a custom profile the profile does open, however browser.get("https://web.whatsapp.com) doesn't seem to open. or any…

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How to prevent being signed out of your Google account on a Chrome profile opened in Selenium Python
I managed to start Selenium with a custom Chrome Profile that is signed into a Google Account using ChromeOptions by changing the location of the Chrome Profile folder in my directory, renaming it to "Default" and omitting the "Default" in the path…

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chromedriver doesn't make use of download.defaultDirectory
Using ruby, selenium, capybara, cucumber; Setting local driver in env.rb next way:
args = %w[--ignore-certificate-errors --window-size=1360,998]
prefs = {
download: {
default_directory: "#{Directories::DATA}/downloads",
…

Val Kalinichenko
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