WebDriverError: disconnected: unable to connect to renderer

I had similar error. But versions were matching: I was using Chrome 65 with driver version 2.38. I spent long time, trying to understand the issue. At the end, found that it was caused by empty /etc/hosts file. Apparently Chrome communicates via localhost, and if such entry missing in /etc/hosts – it will crash. So, … Read more

How to run headless Chrome with Selenium in Python?

To run chrome-headless just add –headless via chrome_options.add_argument, e.g.: from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options chrome_options = Options() # chrome_options.add_argument(“–disable-extensions”) # chrome_options.add_argument(“–disable-gpu”) # chrome_options.add_argument(“–no-sandbox”) # linux only chrome_options.add_argument(“–headless=new”) # for Chrome >= 109 # chrome_options.add_argument(“–headless”) # chrome_options.headless = True # also works driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options) start_url = “https://duckgo.com” driver.get(start_url) print(driver.page_source.encode(“utf-8”)) # b'<!DOCTYPE html><html … Read more

Unable to hide “Chrome is being controlled by automated software” infobar within Chrome v76

As of 1 Aug 2019 – You can send the excludeswitch – enable-automation to hide the message. and to disable pop up ‘Disable developer mode extensions’ set useAutomationExtension=false . Refer for useAutomationExtension Tested on : Windows 10 Version 76.0.3809.87 (Official Build) (64-bit) ChromeDriver 76.0.3809.68 –enable-automation : Inform users that their browser is being controlled by … Read more

ChromeDriver – Disable developer mode extensions pop up on Selenium WebDriver automation

Did you try disabling the developer extensions with command line param? Try with the following Selenium WebDriver java code: System.setProperty(“webdriver.chrome.driver”, “D:\\chromedriver.exe”); ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); options.addArguments(“–disable-extensions”); driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

How to set default download directory in selenium Chrome Capabilities?

For Chromedriver try out with: String downloadFilepath = “/path/to/download”; HashMap<String, Object> chromePrefs = new HashMap<String, Object>(); chromePrefs.put(“profile.default_content_settings.popups”, 0); chromePrefs.put(“download.default_directory”, downloadFilepath); ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); options.setExperimentalOption(“prefs”, chromePrefs); DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome(); cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true); cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options); WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(cap); Note:- Use File.separator to handle slashes, it will put syntax as per os it is … Read more

How to get the localStorage with Python and Selenium WebDriver

The python API doesn’t provide a way to directly read/write the local storage, but it can be done with execute_script. class LocalStorage: def __init__(self, driver) : self.driver = driver def __len__(self): return self.driver.execute_script(“return window.localStorage.length;”) def items(self) : return self.driver.execute_script( \ “var ls = window.localStorage, items = {}; ” \ “for (var i = 0, k; … Read more

Only local connections are allowed Chrome and Selenium webdriver

This is just an informational message. Your issue might be a missmatch between the versions of chromedriver and selenium-server-standalone. Try with the latest selenium version 3.0, it is working for me. Please not that for selenium 3.0 you need to specify the driver first and after the selenium server. With the new selenium, which is … Read more

Hata!: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'divattrend_liink'@'localhost' (using password: YES)