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Set ChromeOptions

Customize and configure ChromeDriver sessions for Selenium tests on BrowserStack Automate.

A ChromeDriver session i.e. a test running on the Chrome browser, can further be customized and configured using ChromeOptions. BrowserStack supports the full complement of ChromeOptions.

Refer to the following sample capability declaration example where ChromeOptions is being used to start Chrome in incognito mode:

If you are using BrowserStack SDK, you can set the following capabilities in the browserstack.yml file:

browserstack.yml
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MutableCapabilities capabilities = new MutableCapabilities();
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("incognito");  // ChromeOptions for starting chrome in incognito mode

capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
// other capability declarations
capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "Chrome");
capabilities.setCapability("browserVersion", "latest");
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("os", "Windows");
browserstackOptions.put("osVersion", "10");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
public static final String URL = "https://YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY@hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub";
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(URL), capabilities);

// rest of the test case goes here
var capabilities = {
	'bstack:options' : {
		"chromeOptions" : {
    		"args" : ["incognito"]  // ChromeOption to start chrome in incognito mode
	},
	"browserName" : "Chrome",
}
}
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArgument("incognito");  // ChromeOption to start chrome in incognito mode

// Other capabilities are declared below
ChromeOptions capabilities = new ChromeOptions();
capabilities.BrowserVersion = "latest";
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("os", "Windows");
browserstackOptions.Add("osVersion", "10");
browserstackOptions.Add("userName", "YOUR_USERNAME");
browserstackOptions.Add("accessKey", "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY");
browserstackOptions.Add("browserName", "Chrome");
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);
IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(
    new Uri("https://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub/"), capabilities
);
// Rest of the test case goes here
# Using chromeOptions to start chrome in incognito mode

$chromeOptions = array(
 "args" => array("incognito")
);

$caps = array(
    'bstack:options' => array(
         "chromeOptions" => $chromeOptions
    )
);
# Using chromeOptions to start chrome in incognito mode

desired_cap = {
     'bstack:options' : {
         "ChromeOptions" : {
             "args" : ["incognito"]
         }
 },
 "browserName" : "Chrome",
 }
# Using chromeOptions to start chrome in incognito mode

capabilities = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.chrome
 capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' => {
 	"ChromeOptions" => {
         "args" => ["incognito"]
     }
 	},
 	"browserName" => "Chrome",
 	}
DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("incognito");  // ChromeOptions for starting chrome in incognito mode

caps.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
// other capability declarations
caps.setCapability("browser", "Chrome");
caps.setCapability("browser_version", "latest");
caps.setCapability("os", "Windows");
caps.setCapability("os_version", "10");
public static final String URL = "https://YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY@hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub";
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(URL), caps);
// rest of the test case goes here
var capabilities = {
  "browserName" : "chrome",
  "chromeOptions" : {
    "args" : ["incognito"]  // ChromeOption to start chrome in incognito mode
  }
}
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArgument("incognito");  // ChromeOption to start chrome in incognito mode

// Other capabilities are declared below
options.AddAdditionalCapability("browser", "Chrome", true);
options.AddAdditionalCapability("browser_version", "latest", true);
options.AddAdditionalCapability("os", "Windows", true);
options.AddAdditionalCapability("os_version", "10", true);
options.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.user", "YOUR_USERNAME", true);
options.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.key", "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY", true);
IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(
    new Uri("https://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub/"), capability
);
// Rest of the test case goes here
# Using chromeOptions to start chrome in incognito mode

$chromeOptions = array(
 "args" => array("incognito")
);

$caps = array(
 "chromeOptions" => $chromeOptions
);
# Using chromeOptions to start chrome in incognito mode

desired_cap["chromeOptions"] = {}
desired_cap["chromeOptions"]["args"] = ["incognito"]
# Using chromeOptions to start chrome in incognito mode

caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.chrome
caps["chromeOptions"] = {}
caps["chromeOptions"]["args"] = ["incognito"]

BrowserStack supports all the ChromeOptions that is supported in Selenium tests. You can pass any ChromeOption during the start of your test session similar to the sample ChromeOption declaration code snippet shown above.

Useful references

  1. Read about ChromeDriver and ChromeOptions
  2. List of common ChromeOptions switches
  3. List of headless switches
  4. Search other switches

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