pythongoogle-chromedriverchromiumnodriver

Chromium web extension with NoDriver

I downloaded chromium version 136 and im using it on macOS 64 ARM. I opened it manually and added a chrome web extension and it works. When I close chrome, quit, and open it the extension is always active. But when I run my code with NoDriver from a python script, the chromium tab thats opened does not have the extension and its inside an incognito mode. How can I enable the extension for this way?

Chromium setup code

async def worker(emailStr):
    browser = None
    PassProvided = None

    password = None
    if ".com:" in emailStr:
        emailStr, password = emailStr.split(":", 1)
        PassProvided = password

    try:
        # Select a random proxy if enabled
        proxy = None
        if USE_PROXIES and proxies:
            proxy = random.choice(proxies)
        else:
            print(f"{red_text}Not using proxy {reset}")

        # Randomize window size and position for unique fingerprint
        window_width = random.randint(1000, 1500)
        window_height = random.randint(750, 950)
        x_position = random.randint(0, 500)
        y_position = random.randint(0, 500)

        # Build Chrome arguments
        args = [
            f"--window-size={window_width},{window_height}",
            f"--window-position={x_position},{y_position}",
            "--disable-sync",
            "--no-first-run",
            "--no-default-browser-check",
            "--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows",
            "--disable-renderer-backgrounding",
            "--disable-background-timer-throttling",
            "--disable-breakpad",
            "--disable-extensions",
            "--incognito",
            "--disable-dev-shm-usage",
        ]

        # Inject proxy if used
        if proxy:
            host, port, username, proxyPass = parse_proxy(proxy)
            proxy_creds= [username,proxyPass]
            proxy_url = f"http://{host}:{port}"
            args.append(f"--proxy-server={proxy_url}")

        # Start nodriver browser
        browser = await nd.start(
            browser_executable_path=CHROMIUM_PATH,
            headless=HEADLESS_MODE,
            stealth=True,
            browser_args=args
        )
        
        # Set up proxy authentication
        main_tab = await browser.get("draft:,")
        await setup_proxy(proxy_creds[0], proxy_creds[1], main_tab)
        
        # Navigate to Target homepage
        tab = await browser.get("https://www.target.com/")

        # Clear browser storage for clean session
        await tab.evaluate("""
            () => {
                localStorage.clear();
                sessionStorage.clear();
            }
        """)
Solution

  • Try:

    args = [
    f"--window-size={window_width},{window_height}",
    f"--window-position={x_position},{y_position}",
    "--disable-sync",
    "--no-first-run",
    "--no-default-browser-check",
    "--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows",
    "--disable-renderer-backgrounding",
    "--disable-background-timer-throttling",
    "--disable-breakpad",
    # "--disable-extensions",     # Remove this line!
    # "--incognito",              # Remove this if you want to reuse a profile with extensions
    "--disable-dev-shm-usage",
    "--load-extension=/Users/your_user/extension_folder",
    # "--user-data-dir=/Users/your_user/Library/Application Support/Chromium",  # Optional
]