How to Prevent ChromeDriver .exe from Running Visibly in Headless Chrome?

How to ConfigureChromeDriver for Headless Chrome in Selenium

In web scraping scenarios, executing Chrome browser in headless mode is often desired to avoid the display of browser windows. While the 'headless' option in ChromeDriver effectively prevents the display of the browser window, it may leave the executable file (.exe) running visibly.

Problem:

When using ChromeDriver with the 'headless' option, the .exe file remains visible, despite the browser window being hidden.

Code:

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option('excludeSwitches', ['ignore-certificate-errors'])
options.add_argument('headless')
options.add_argument('window-size=0x0')
chrome_driver_path = "C:\Python27\Scripts\chromedriver.exe"

This code initializes ChromeDriver with the 'headless' and 'window-size=0x0' options, but the .exe file still appears.

Solutions:

1. Update to Selenium 4.x (2023-05-22 Update)

Chrome's Headless mode has been overhauled. For headless/headful unification, append the '--headless=new' argument:

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

options = Options()
options.add_argument('--headless=new')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(CHROMEDRIVER_PATH, options=options)

2. Original Answer (2018-10-26 Update)

Utilize the headless=True parameter of ChromeOptions() to initiate ChromeDriver in headless mode:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

options = Options()
options.headless = True
driver = webdriver.Chrome(CHROMEDRIVER_PATH, options=options)

Note that '--disable-gpu' may also be necessary for proper operation.

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