Java Selenium Chrome driver - Disable image loading

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I am trying to run chrome driver without loading any images for obvious reasons.

i found a piece of code online but i think it's outdated

HashMap<String, Object> images = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 
images.put("images", 2); 

HashMap<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 
prefs.put("profile.default_content_settings", images); 

ChromeOptions options =new ChromeOptions(); 
options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs); 

DesiredCapabilities chromeCaps = DesiredCapabilities.chrome(); 
chromeCaps.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options); 

driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeCaps);

does not work at all..

any help would be greatly appriciated

Jason Law · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-19 08:05:36Z

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If you're running the headless mode, you can try

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--headless", "--disable-gpu", "--blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

Alternatively, you can create a new chrome profile. Disable images by accessing chrome://settings/content on the new profile. Then add the new profile to your chromeDriver options. More info here.

edited Feb 19, 2020 at 8:05

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DominicEU · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-01 11:04:58Z

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This should disable images for you.

    prefs.put("profile.managed_default_content_settings.images", 2);

answered Feb 1, 2016 at 11:04

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indika · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-06 13:11:56Z

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new ChromeDriver(DesiredCapabilities) is deprecated.

Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
prefs.put("profile.managed_default_content_settings.images", 2); 
chromeOptions.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);

answered Nov 6, 2019 at 13:11

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zvikachu · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-02 01:08:31Z

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I found a small plugin that does a really good job

ChromeOptions op = new ChromeOptions();
    op.addExtensions(new File("C:\\whatever\\Block-image_v1.0.crx"));
    driver = new ChromeDriver(op);

if anyone else is interested, you can grab it here

answered Feb 2, 2016 at 1:08

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sapbucket Over a year ago

There is a version 1.1 now available

Adi Ohana · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-26 11:30:20Z

With Selenium 4 alpha 1, you can also use CDP for filtering URL's:

    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();

    ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

    driver.getDevTools().createSession();

    driver.getDevTools().send(new Command<>("Network.enable", ImmutableMap.of()));
    driver.getDevTools().send(new Command<>("Network.setBlockedURLs", ImmutableMap.of("urls", ImmutableList.of("*://*/*.bmp","*://*/*.gif","*://*/*.png"))));

    driver.get("https://apache.org");

    driver.quit();

In the next Alpha version, the interface will be MUCH more user friendly.

Maven dependency:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
        <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
        <version>4.0.0-alpha-1</version>
    </dependency>

Aura · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-27 18:36:31Z

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public class Test {

    WebDriver driver;
    JavascriptExecutor jse;

    public void invokeChromeBrowser()
    {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "E:\\Softwares\\chromedriver.exe");
        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        disableChromeImages(options);
        driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

        driver.get("https://www.amazon.com/");

    }

    public static void disableChromeImages(ChromeOptions options)
    {
        HashMap<String, Object> images = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        images.put("images", 2);

        HashMap<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        prefs.put("profile.default_content_setting_values", images);

        options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);

    }


    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Test Obj = new Test();
        Obj.invokeChromeBrowser();

    }

}

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Anuj Khandelwal Over a year ago

Hi @user11709921. Welcome to Stackoverflow. A bit of an explanation about how this answer solves the problem, and where the OP erred in their code, would be great.

MeT · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-15 09:00:02Z

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It worked for me.

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions()
options.addArguments("--blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false")

answered Nov 15, 2021 at 9:00

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JavaDev · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-18 07:39:06Z

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Problem solved! It was in the old version of the selenium dependency

Solution:

<dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>


import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
 
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
 
public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "D:\\chromedriver.exe");
 
        Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<>();
        prefs.put("profile.managed_default_content_settings.images", 2);
 
        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
 
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
 
        driver.get("https://yandex.ru/");
        Thread.sleep(15000);
 
        driver.quit();
    }
}

answered Nov 18, 2021 at 7:39

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law_81 Over a year ago

Code without any explanation are rarely helpful. Stack Overflow is about learning, not providing snippets to blindly copy and paste. Please edit your question and explain how it answers the specific question being asked. See How to Answer.

Tunaki · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-11 21:42:58Z

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Check this code,

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",
                    Settings.getProperty("ChromeDriverPath"));
DesiredCapabilities capabilities= DesiredCapabilities.chrome();

HashMap<String, Object> images = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 
images.put("images", 2);
HashMap<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 
prefs.put("profile.default_content_setting_values", images);

ChromeOptions options= new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--test-type --no-sandbox");
options.addArguments("--enable-strict-powerful-feature-restrictions");

options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs); 
capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);

edited Nov 11, 2016 at 21:42

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answered Nov 11, 2016 at 21:25

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mpaskov Over a year ago

Can you elaborate, what the initial problem was?

Sethu_P Over a year ago

profile.default_content_setting_values - this worked

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