[Selenium/python] Help running headless with Chrome profile

BlackxHat · Jan 26, 2021

Code:

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('start-maximized')
options.add_argument("--headless")
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\sd\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Profile 1\\Default")

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

If i run it without headless, with my browser open, everything works good. the Chrome profile works and the selenium script runs well.

but if i try to go headless, i get error.

Code:

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//input[@type='file']"}
  (Session info: headless chrome=87.0.410.191)

Grudge · Jan 26, 2021

Not sure if that's the solution but it might be the size of the window. Try to resize it to your desktop size and see if it works.

BlackxHat · Jan 26, 2021

Grudge said:
Not sure if that's the solution but it might be the size of the window. Try to resize it to your desktop size and see if it works.

i removed that line and still get same error

microsoft · Jan 26, 2021

Maybe you are trying to find an element before the web page is loading. Try adding a wait() statement like this:

driver.maximize_window();
driver.implicitly_wait(20);

krikrix · Jan 26, 2021

Double check your code.

And try chromedriver instead

[Selenium/python] Help running headless with Chrome profile

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