This particular snippet of code functions properly when used in the regular version of Google Chrome:
from selenium import webdriver
from time import sleep
def login(email, password):
with webdriver.Chrome('/path/to/chromedriver') as driver:
driver.get('https://stackoverflow.com/users/signup?ssrc=head&returnurl=%2fusers%2fstory%2fcurrent%27')
sleep(2)
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="openid-buttons"]/button[1]').click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@type="email"]').send_keys(email)
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="identifierNext"]').click()
sleep(3)
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@type="password"]').send_keys(password)
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="passwordNext"]').click()
sleep(2)
driver.get('https://youtube.com')
login('email', 'password')
However, when switching to headless chrome, Selenium consistently returns a NoSuchElementException error for various elements.
I have confirmed that the attributes differ significantly by inspecting the page HTML source code of headless chrome. Even without doing so, you can observe the variations inthe Google login pages accessed by each browser:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/hSPVd.png https://i.stack.imgur.com/4G8CX.png
I don’t believe the issue lies solely in the language settings of regular Chrome. The element attributes display substantial discrepancies, not just in terms of the text labels.
What could be causing this disparity and how should I go about resolving it?