What are the capabilities of the browser opened by

Question

I am curious to know the capabilities of the Chrome browser opened through the code:

driver=webdriver.chromedriver()

Is it same as that of incognito mode or is there a different kind?

Answer 1

Yes your are correct it just opens a chrome browser with no cache in it like incognito.

Answer 2

To extract the capabilities of the ChromeDriver / Chrome Browser you can use the capabilities property which returns a dictionary and you can use the following solution:

• Code Block:

  from selenium import webdriver
  
  driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\chromedriver.exe")
  my_dict = driver.capabilities
  for key,val in my_dict.items():
      print (key, "=>", val)
  driver.quit()
  

• Console Output:

  acceptInsecureCerts => False
  browserName => chrome
  browserVersion => 76.0.3809.100
  chrome => {'chromedriverVersion': '76.0.3809.68 (420c9498db8ce8fcd190a954d51297672c1515d5-refs/branch-heads/3809@{#864})', 'userDataDir': 'C:\\Users\\Debanjan.B\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\scoped_dir3888_683123771'}
  goog:chromeOptions => {'debuggerAddress': 'localhost:26050'}
  networkConnectionEnabled => False
  pageLoadStrategy => normal
  platformName => windows nt
  proxy => {}
  setWindowRect => True
  strictFileInteractability => False
  timeouts => {'implicit': 0, 'pageLoad': 300000, 'script': 30000}
  unhandledPromptBehavior => dismiss and notify
  

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