Headless Chrome

• Abstract
• Status
• Usage
  • Guice Binding
  • Config
  • Maven
    • Repo
    • Dependency
  • SBT
    • Repo
    • Dependency

Abstract

Google Chrome version 59+ contains a real headless mode with no need of any display like xvfb or vnc.

Status

Build Status	Dependencies UpToDate	License

Usage

Guice Binding

If you use Guice for injections, just bind the Provider HeadlessChromeProvider.

Config

The config uses the typesafe config.

Path	Description	Default	Required
webdriver.chrome.driver	The path to the chromedriver binary	bundled in resources	❌
webdriver.chrome.binary	The path to the chrome binary	/usr/bin/google-chrome-unstable	✅
chrome.window.size	The window size as string: "width,height"	"1920,1200"	❌
chrome.headless	True for headless mode	true	❌

Maven

Repo

<project ...>
 <repositories>
    <repository>
      <id>reinvent.software</id>
      <url>https://maven.reinvent-software.de/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
 </repositories>
</project>

Dependency

<dependency>
  <groupId>software.reinvent</groupId>
  <artifactId>headless-chrome</artifactId>
  <version>0.1.0</version>
</dependency>

SBT

Repo

Add maven repo to build.sbt.

resolvers ++= Seq(
  Resolver.mavenLocal,
  "ReInvent Software OSS" at "https://maven.reinvent-software.de/nexus/content/groups/public"
)

Dependency

libraryDependencies += "software.reinvent" % "headless-chrome" % "0.1.4"