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Cei1ing
Cei1ing

Reputation: 181

How to disable CSS in Python Selenium using ChromeDriver using ChromeOptions

I try to show the page without CSS to make loading faster, and I have managed to disable images and javascript using the following code:

option = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
prefs = {'profile.default_content_setting_values': {'images': 2, 'javascript': 2}}
option.add_experimental_option('prefs', prefs)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options = option)

So, I changed:

{'profile.default_content_setting_values': {'images': 2, 'javascript': 2}}

to

{'profile.default_content_setting_values': {'css': 2}

and thought it would disable CSS, but it didn't work.

I have seen many answers for Firefox, now I want to do this in Chrome.

Upvotes: 18

Views: 19476

Answers (3)

stephentgrammer
stephentgrammer

Reputation: 600

I've been wondering the same thing, and came across this (credit to https://www.scrapehero.com/how-to-increase-web-scraping-speed-using-puppeteer/)

It's not selenium, but in Pyppeteer you can intercept and modify network requests made by the page using setRequestInterception. This would allow you to intercept and abort css network requests, which would avoid downloading css files and their subsequent rendering.

Relevant Pyppeteer Docs

Upvotes: 0

undetected Selenium
undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193088

To show the page without CSS, to make page loading faster you can disable the Preferences used for storing the default values for the individual content settings using the following solution:

  • Code Block:

    from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
prefs = {'profile.default_content_setting_values': {'cookies': 2, 'images': 2, 'javascript': 2, 
                            'plugins': 2, 'popups': 2, 'geolocation': 2, 
                            'notifications': 2, 'auto_select_certificate': 2, 'fullscreen': 2, 
                            'mouselock': 2, 'mixed_script': 2, 'media_stream': 2, 
                            'media_stream_mic': 2, 'media_stream_camera': 2, 'protocol_handlers': 2, 
                            'ppapi_broker': 2, 'automatic_downloads': 2, 'midi_sysex': 2, 
                            'push_messaging': 2, 'ssl_cert_decisions': 2, 'metro_switch_to_desktop': 2, 
                            'protected_media_identifier': 2, 'app_banner': 2, 'site_engagement': 2, 
                            'durable_storage': 2}}
options.add_experimental_option('prefs', prefs)
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
options.add_argument("disable-infobars")
options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get('https://play.google.com/store')

  • Browser Snapshot:

Disabling_Preferences_storing_default_values

Upvotes: 8

Anchal Agrawal
Anchal Agrawal

Reputation: 362

Unfortunately, it is not possible in Chrome.

ChromeDriver disable rendering and CSS

Chrome/chromedriver cannot run headless without some virtual screen like Xserver, and it can't not-render the html and css.

Exhaustive list of all options that are allowed:

profile.default_content_setting_values:

cookies,
images,
javascript,
plugins,
popups,
geolocation,
notifications,
auto_select_certificate,
fullscreen,
mouselock,
mixed_script,
media_stream,
media_stream_mic,
media_stream_camera,
protocol_handlers,
ppapi_broker,
automatic_downloads,
midi_sysex,
push_messaging,
ssl_cert_decisions,
metro_switch_to_desktop,
protected_media_identifier,
app_banner,
site_engagement,
durable_storage

Upvotes: 3

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