folks! What's the real difference between basic and --headless mode in chromedriver used with selenium? I ask because I tried to track some prices at adidas.com, and when I set up my driver like:
chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
browser = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install(), options=chrome_options)
browser.get(url)
browser opens on my computer and it's all fine.
But when I'm trying to execute code below:
chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
browser = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install(), options=chrome_options)
browser.get(url)
the response is:
'<html lang="en"><head>\n <meta charset="utf-8">\n <meta name="viewport"
content="width=device-width, initial-scale = 1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-
scalable=no">\n <title>adidas</title>\n\n <link
href="/WAFfailoverassets/style.css" rel="stylesheet">\n</head>\n<body>\n\n<main
class="content-wrapper">\n <header class="top">\n <div
class="logo">adidas</div>\n <span
id="ctl00_mainContentPlaceHolder_lblInvalidRequest">\n<br> Reference Error:
18.6c85655f.1629459608.2c05a32c </span>\n <h1 class="title">Unfortunately we
are unable to give you access to our site at this time. </h1>\n <p>A security
issue was automatically identified, when you tried to access the website.</p>\n
</header>\n\n <div class="columns">\n\n <section class="column column-1">\n
<h3>What could have caused this?</h3>\n <p>During high-traffic product
releases we have extra security in place to prevent bots entering our site. We do
this to protect customers and to give everyone a fair chance of getting the sneakers.
Something in your setup must have triggered our security system, so we cannot allow
you onto the site.</p>\n </section>\n\n <section class="column column-
2">\n <h3>How can I resolve this?</h3>\n <p>Please try
refreshing or accessing our website from a different browser or another device. You
could also check if there are any scripts, like ad blockers, running in your browser
and disable them. </p>\n <p>If this does not help, the issue might be
caused by malware. If you\'re on a personal connection you can run an anti-virus scan
on your device to make sure it\'s not affected by malware. If you\'re on a shared
network, you could ask the system administrator to run a scan looking for
misconfigured or infected devices across the network.</p>\n </section>\n\n
</div>\n\n <small class="error">HTTP 403 -
Forbidden</small>\n\n</main>\n\n\n\n</body></html>'
So the question is how can website detect if its code really renders and how can I deal with that if I want to run my code on server?
