Hide command prompt in Selenium ChromeDriver

Question

var driverService = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
driverService.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;

var driver = new ChromeDriver(driverService, new ChromeOptions());

Is it possible to achieve this in Python? I've tried all the possible fixes posted here on StackoverFlow and outside, but nothing when I run my .exe, the cmd appears too.

Python 3.6, latest Selenium version (3.9).

Answer 1

I found the way to replicate the above code in python (more or less) Used this fix as base to my inspiration.

After hours of struggling (and also really bad words), I've made this commit on github bywhich console prompt behaviour is now easily changable via code. I will try to make it available in the official sources. Hope it will make you save time and patience.

STEP 1

Locate service.py, generally in "X:\YourPythonFold\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py"

STEP 2

Replace these lines (n° 72-76 approximately, below start method def):

self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
                                            close_fds=platform.system() != 'Windows',
                                            stdout=self.log_file,
                                            stderr=self.log_file,
                                            stdin=PIPE)

with

if any("hide_console" in arg for arg in self.command_line_args()):
                self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, creationflags=0x08000000)
            else:
                self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env, close_fds=platform.system() != 'Windows', stdout=self.log_file, stderr=self.log_file, stdin=PIPE)

Finally in your code, when you setup your driver (I chose Chrome as example):

args = ["hide_console", ]
driver = webdriver.Chrome("your-path-to-chromedriver.exe", service_args=args, ...)

When edit the source code, be careful to PEP! Do not use tabs, just spaces!