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707 points namukang | 5 comments | 17 Nov 21 15:16 UTC | HN request time: 1.187s | source

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tyingq ◴[17 Nov 21 18:09 UTC] No.29256582[source]▶

Too bad headless chrome seems uninterested in supporting browser extensions..."wontfix"

Otherwise, you could make a pretty neat self-hosted "cloud" of this nice looking scraper extension.

1. hoten ◴[18 Nov 21 01:55 UTC] No.29261213[source]▶

Recently a `--headless=chrome` flag was added to run headless mode using actual chrome browser code, which means extensions are now supported!

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2. tyingq ◴[18 Nov 21 02:59 UTC] No.29261540[source]▶

Sounds promising, thanks for sharing! "--headless=chrome" isn't google searchable, so I'm still looking for details.

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3. neop1x ◴[19 Nov 21 09:04 UTC] No.29275210[source]▶

Isn't the "chrome" value for "headless" parameter ignored? Maybe he simply meant the --headless switch (since Chrome 59) https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/04/headless-c...

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4. tyingq ◴[20 Nov 21 01:41 UTC] No.29284822{3}[source]▶

Oh, then it isn't helpful news. Headless does not support extensions.

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5. hoten ◴[28 Nov 21 10:21 UTC] No.29367757{4}[source]▶

I mean the CLI flag. I suppose it's called a switch. And yes, it does support extensions if you do --headless=chrome

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