The command-line snippet we showed earlier uses the -headless command-line flag, suggesting that Headless is just a mode of operation of the regular Chrome browser. Here’s a minimal command-line example of using Headless mode to create a PDF file of a given URL: chrome -headless -print-to-pdf # What’s new in Headless?īefore we dive into the recent Headless improvements, it’s important to understand how the “old” Headless worked. Headless mode is a popular choice for browser automation through projects like Puppeteer or ChromeDriver. Essentially, running Chrome without chrome! # Backgroundīack in 2017, Chrome 59 introduced the so-called Headless mode, which lets you run the browser in an unattended environment without any visible UI. Chrome’s Headless mode just got a whole lot better! This article presents an overview of recent engineering efforts to make Headless more useful for developers by bringing Headless closer to Chrome’s regular “headful” mode.
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