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Automating Browser Tasks (Headless Mode)

Headless Chrome

selenium_headless.py

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
 
opts = Options()
opts.add_argument("--headless=new")
opts.add_argument("--window-size=1280,800")
 
 
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=opts)
try:
    driver.get("https://example.com")
    print(driver.title)
finally:
    driver.quit()

selenium_headless.py

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
 
opts = Options()
opts.add_argument("--headless=new")
opts.add_argument("--window-size=1280,800")
 
 
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=opts)
try:
    driver.get("https://example.com")
    print(driver.title)
finally:
    driver.quit()

Tips

set window size for predictable layout
take screenshots for debugging

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