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Procode Development

Reputation: 29

How to start Chrome without images using Watir?

I have tried this method but its not working .

 prefs = {
        :profile => {
            :managed_default_content_settings => { 
              :images => 2
            }
        }
    }

    Watir::Browser.new :chrome, :prefs => prefs
    browser.goto "http://www.example.com"

Upvotes: 2

Views: 213

Answers (3)

Justin Ko
Justin Ko

Reputation: 46836

:prefs needs to be a key within the :options Hash:

browser = Watir::Browser.new :chrome, options: {prefs: prefs}

Specifically for disabling images:

browser = Watir::Browser.new(
  :chrome,
  options: {
    prefs: {'webkit.webprefs.loads_images_automatically' => false}
  }
)
browser.goto('www.google.com')
p browser.image.loaded?
#=> false

Upvotes: 3

ornela office
ornela office

Reputation: 21

I think it is like this 

 profile = Selenium::WebDriver::Chrome::Profile.new
        profile['webkit.webprefs.loads_images_automatically'] = false

        @browser = Watir::Browser.new :chrome, :profile => profile

Upvotes: 2

Danylo Kravchenko
Danylo Kravchenko

Reputation: 11

First, create a browser object like this:

require 'watir'
browser = Watir::Browser.new

This will open an empty Chrome window (assuming you have it installed) that you can control now.

browser.goto("google.com")

Chrome will navigate to this URL, and the page will load as if you typed the URL yourself.

Now: You can do anything you would normally do on a website with your mouse & keyboard.

Example:

browser.link(text: "All Posts").click

Upvotes: -2

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