Node.js selenium webdriver incognito mode

Question

I am having an hard time figuring out how to launch Selenium Webdriver for Chrome in incognito mode.

I understand I need to pass the --incognito parameter to chromedriver, but how do I do that when creating the driver instance?

This is how I am currently instantiating my driver object:

require("chromedriver");
const webdriver = require("selenium-webdriver");
const driver = new webdriver.Builder().forBrowser("chrome").build();

random guess: new webdriver.Builder().forBrowser("chrome").setChromeOptions({args: ['--incognito']}).build();... else this looks promising too: gist.github.com/anandsunderraman/e351485319a8a0e7df7e — Roland Starke
– Roland Starke, Commented Feb 23, 2017 at 15:18

Robert G · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-23 15:24:26Z

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You have to add --incognito to your ChromeOptions or DesiredCapabilities.

I don't use node.js, but judging by the README.md from the Selenium GitHub it should look like this:

var options = new chrome.Options();
options.addArguments("--incognito");
const driver = new webdriver.Builder().forBrowser("chrome").setChromeOptions(options).build();

answered Feb 23, 2017 at 15:24

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Andrea Casaccia Over a year ago

Thanks, your answer has been useful in directing me to the actual Node.js solution

ipmcc · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-26 12:06:31Z

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This gist by the github user anandsunderraman helped me solving the problem in Node.js:

// import the selenium web driver
var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');

// create chrome capabilities
var chromeCapabilities = webdriver.Capabilities.chrome();

// add the desired options
var chromeOptions = {'args': ['--test-type', '--incognito']};
chromeCapabilities.set('chromeOptions', chromeOptions);

var driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities(chromeCapabilities).build();

edited Sep 26, 2018 at 12:06

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answered Feb 23, 2017 at 16:03

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Greg Finzer Over a year ago

FYI, for anyone trying to use 4.0.0-alpha.5 of Selenium Web Driver, the above does not work. You will need to use version 3.6.0.

Luís Silva Over a year ago

If you're using selenium 4, use goo:chromeOptions instead of chromeOptions to set the capabilities. chromeCapabilities.set("goog:chromeOptions", chromeOptions);

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