Hide/Silence ChromeDriver window

Question

When I launch Selenium's WebDriver (Chromedriver). A console window (chromedriver.exe) runs and it opens Chrome. I need to know how I can hide those like a silent mode because I get messy when there are too many open. I am using C#.

Leisaleiser

See answer here sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/7898/… – Rufford

Answer 1

As of Chrome 59, you can now also hide the chrome browser window by using headless mode:

options.AddArgument("headless");

and in combination with:

ChromeDriverService service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;

it runs in complete silence.

Shrill

as of chrome 79, there is no such method as "HideCommandPromptWindow" in ChromeDriverService object. – Chaldean

Answer 2

To my knowledge it's not possible to hide the browser. However, you can hide the console and set the browser offscreen:

ChromeDriverService service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;

var options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArgument("--window-position=-32000,-32000");

var driver = new ChromeDriver(service, options);
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.google.co.uk");

Virtually

That does not work because HideCommandPromptWindow does not exist – Leisaleiser

The HideCommandPromptWindow property is part of the official Selenium C# client library 2.52.0.0: selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.52/… – Virtually

Answer 3

Hello chrome driver command hide coding

public IWebDriver drv;
public AnaSayfa()
{
    CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = false;
    ChromeDriverService service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
    service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;
    drv = new ChromeDriver(service);
    InitializeComponent();
}
void BekraHayrNesterGo()
{
    drv.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.example.com/");
}

This shape can hide cmd

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Answer 4

Another hack is to make proxy executable and open hidden process.

rename chromedriver.exe as driver.exe

Build executable as chromedriver.exe from below code. Must use Application Type as Windows Forms Application

'chromedriver.exe
Module Main
    Sub Main(Args As String())
        Dim Info As New ProcessStartInfo("driver.exe", String.Join(" ", Args))
        Info.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
        Process.Start(Info).WaitForExit()
    End Sub
End Module

And use like

Dim Options As New ChromeOptions()
Options.BinaryLocation = "C:\Program Files\Slimjet\slimjet.exe"
Dim Driver = New ChromeDriver(Environment.CurrentDirectory, Options)
Driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.example.com") '

Note: It assumes both executables are in same directory.

Pun