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How to disable CSS in Python selenium 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.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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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

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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