Following this question, I know how to authenticate the proxy. This method is like using an extension to control the authentication. And to use the extension, the browser must be shown up.
My question is: How can I authenticate the proxy without an open browser (headless mode), using selenium and chromewebdriver?
I tried with using google chrome flags. But cannot find the solution.
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I want to run the default browser, which we normally use for browsing.
I wouldn't want to run it with chrome webdriver.
it would be like opening the default browser pages "Chrome.exe" and not "Chromedriver.exe"
It's possible?
Yes, it is possible. You should learn Chrome DevTool Protocol(CDB). More details are here
It is low-level browser communication protocol. It communicates via WebSocket and you need to learn how to program WS and read CDP API.
Puppeter working in that way, directly communicate with Chrome.
Logic of Webdriver is to standartize some commands across all browsers.
Similarly, Firefox has Gecko protocol.
I’m trying to make a selenium automation that needs to run multiple Chrome windows at the same time. I attempted using Chrome in headless mode, but since it doesn’t support installing extensions, I need an alternative. So my question is: is there another way to run Chrome without the actual window enabling the use of Extensions?
Extensions aren't supported in google-chrome-headless.
You can find a detailed discussion in unknown error: failed to wait for extension background page to load: chrome-extension error loading an extension to Chrome Headless using Selenium
Apparently, it seems to be supported by headless firefox
I'm using selenium 3.141.0 with python 3.9 and chrome webdriver, I've managed to make my bot do the actions I require on the pages, but I can't find a way to make it work with a proxy.(For the proxy I'm using NORDVPN)
Until now I tried a class that creates a manifest_json and a background.js and archives them so it uses them as an addon, and I get multiple errors depending on the port I use:
tunneling error, page refused to send data or time out
I need to run proxies that requires authentication on selenium in headless mode.
I think many people are aware of the answer given on this post and it does work very well honestly But only In NON Headless Mode. As extensions are no longer supported in headless mode how to set proxy with authentication in selenium chromedriver python?
Besides that method, another very good method to run proxies that works in headless mode is by using the module selenium-wire. However, selenium-wire can only run in HTTP. To run HTTPS you would need to import a generated certificate into google chrome. So you cant run HTTPS programmatically.
Is there any good options to run proxies with authentication in headless mode? I'm sure many of us are wondering the same thing.
Thanks!
I am trying to visit chrome local urls. But it's not working. Does headless chrome support local urls?
I was looking for exactly this just today.
Found this:
Most chrome internal pages are not implemented in headless mode. This is a limitation of headless Chrome itself, and is not related to ChromeDriver. If you need a particular internal page available in headless Chrome, please file a feature request at https://crbug.com/.
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