How to start ChromeDriver in headless mode

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I want to try out headless chrome, but I am running into this issue, that I can't start the driver in headless mode. I was following google documentation. am I missing something ? The code execution gets stuck in var browser = new ChromeDriver(); line

Here is my code:

var chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions
{
    BinaryLocation = @"C:\Users\2-as Aukstas\Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Projects\ChromeTest\ChromeTest\bin\Debug\chromedriver.exe",
    DebuggerAddress = "localhost:9222"
};

chromeOptions.AddArguments(new List<string>() {"headless", "disable-gpu" });

var browser = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);


browser.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://stackoverflow.com/");
Console.WriteLine(browser.FindElement(By.CssSelector("#h-top-questions")).Text);
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5 Answers

As alternative:

  • Add 2 libraries via NuGet like below picture.

  • Try below Code:

    String url = "http://www.google.com";
var chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
chromeOptions.AddArguments(new List<string>() { "headless" });

var chromeDriverService = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeDriverService, chromeOptions);
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(url);

Selenium Chrome WebDriver

user_19794060

Below i have given how to set the headless to true for firefox and chrome browsers.

FirefoxOptions ffopt = new FirefoxOptions();
FirefoxOptions option = ffopt.setHeadless(true);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(option);


ChromeOptions coptions = new ChromeOptions();
ChromeOptions options = coptions.setHeadless(true);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
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