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Reputation: 361

Selenium Chromedriver "Failed to Load Extension"

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I'm running Chrome using the following Python code:

opts = Options()
opts.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
self.browser = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=opts)

I am receiving the following error:

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I've tried disabling extensions through code... as well as actually removing all extensions from Chrome before running the code. Neither solution has worked.

I'm running code using the following:

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9617

Answers (3)

tsarge6
tsarge6

Reputation: 11

I had the same issue as above. Referencing the below link, the use of ".add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)" worked for me.

What is python's equivalent of useAutomationExtension for selenium?

Sample Code:

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=driverPath)

Upvotes: 1

Ben.T
Ben.T

Reputation: 29635

I run into the same kind of problem and I solved it following the answer to this other question:

What is python's equivalent of useAutomationExtension for selenium?

For me, the necessary part of this answer is to set the chromeOptions capability 'useAutomationExtension' to false. My code looks like:

from selenium import webdriver
capabilities = { 'chromeOptions':  { 'useAutomationExtension': False}}
driver = webdriver.Chrome(desired_capabilities = capabilities)
driver.get('https://www.python.org/')

I'm not sure if the "--disable-extensions" you add as argument is still necessary, but I think you can keep it by changing capabilities in the code above such as:

capabilities = { 'chromeOptions':  { 'useAutomationExtension': False,
                                     'args': ['--disable-extensions'] }
               }

Both works for me and I don't get the error anymore. My settings are a bit different (Chrome v63, ChromeDriver 2.35, Selenium 3.9 and Python 2.7) but I hope it will help you.

Upvotes: 6

undetected Selenium
undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193388

Here's the solution to your Question:

Add the following ChromeOptions to overcome the error:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); 
options.addArguments("test-type"); 
options.addArguments("start-maximized"); 
options.addArguments("--js-flags=--expose-gc"); 
options.addArguments("--enable-precise-memory-info"); 
options.addArguments("--disable-popup-blocking"); 
options.addArguments("--disable-default-apps"); 
options.addArguments("test-type=browser"); 
options.addArguments("disable-infobars"); 
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);`

Apologies as the code is in Java, you have to convert it into Python format.

Let me know if this helps you.

Upvotes: 0

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