Why does headless in python selenium with Chromium not work?

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I'm try to run a code on my Raspberry Pi headless. In normal mode it works totally fine, but if I try to make it headless the code "ignores" it. I tried different ways of headless, with -- or without , it didn't changes anything. My current code looks so:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import time

options = Options()
options.add_argument ("-headless")
options.add_argument ("-disable-gpu")
allesFertig = True


driver = webdriver.Chrome(options =  options, executable_path ='/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver')
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

Any ideas to fix it ?

@YasserKhalil Thanks for the idea, but sadly this doesn't change anything — Matthias Petersen
– Matthias Petersen, Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 18:23
Why did you use this line twice driver = webdriver.Chrome()? The first one is what you have to keep only. And try using two dashes ("--headless") — YasserKhalil
– YasserKhalil, Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 18:32

PDHide · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-22 18:33:56Z

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import time

options = Options()
options.add_argument ("headless")
options.add_argument ("disable-gpu")
allesFertig = True


driver = webdriver.Chrome(options =  options, executable_path ='/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver')

just remove second driver , you are creating chrome instance again without options thats why its opening GUI

answered Feb 22, 2021 at 18:33

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YasserKhalil Over a year ago

I think this should be add_argument("--headless")

PDHide Over a year ago

@YasserKhalil both will work headless and --headless

PDHide Over a year ago

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