PoorMansHeadless 0.10

Make a headless window out of every window! Perfect for undetected chromedriver (Selenium) to pass bot detection in headless mode.

Make a headless window out of every window! Perfect for undetected chromedriver (Selenium) to pass bot detection in headless mode.

From https://github.com/ultrafunkamsterdam/undetected-chromedriver

"just to mention it another time, since some people have hard time reading: headless is still WIP. Raising issues is needless_"

It is of course not the same as Chromes built-in headless mode [that's why I called it PoorMansHeadless :)]

but it allows you to run several automation processes on your pc without getting disturbed all the time.

pip install PoorMansHeadless

# A simple way to get the hwnd for your window:

from PoorMansHeadless import FakeHeadless

hand = FakeHeadless.get_all_windows_with_handle()

hwnd = 2231030

self = FakeHeadless(hwnd)

# The window will be hidden almost completely (99,99999%) . Because of the 0.00001, 

# its execution is still a priority for the operating system. 

# This little part is a one-pixel-line above the Windows taskbar.

# Too small to see/interact/interfere, but big enough

# to avoid standby mode/rescource saving. 

# if you pass None as width and height, the window won't be resized, just moved. 

# The upper part will be placed one pixel above the taskbar (distance_from_taskbar)

self.start_headless_mode(width=None, height=None, distance_from_taskbar=1) 

# To check if everything is going well in your headless window you can either start a video stream:

self.start_video_stream()



# or save screenshots to the HDD:

self.start_saving_screenshots(

    folder="c:\\pictest4", frequency=1

)  # if the folder doesn't exist, it will be created. Frequency=1 means one screenshot every second

# if you have seen enough, you can stop the video/screenshot stream by calling:

self.disable_save_screenshots()

self.disable_video_stream()



# if you want to quit the headless mode, use:

self.quit_headless_mode()

# By the way, if you are stuck in topmost mode (window on top of everything) after quitting the headless mode, use 

self.activate() 

# to set the hierachy back to normal. It happens sometimes when you use your mouse or keyboard, 

# while quitting the headless mode. 

# The module contains some additional methods (resizing, invisibility, color substitution ... )

# Most of them are used as "helper methods" for the principal

# purpose of this package. But they also can be used on their own.