How to open chrome default profile with selenium

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I need to do some automated tasks in which gmail is used but when i use selenium to run chrome it starts a completely new session no Gmail privilege.

I thought to sign into gmail first and then execute the further steps but it was google denied sign in saying browser might not be compatable..

I have chrome version 84.0.4147.125 (Official Build) (64-bit) (cohort: 84_Win_125)

plz help
Aug 12, 2020 in Selenium by piyush
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1 answer to this question.

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Try the following code.

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("user-data-dir=C:/Users/user_name/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data");
options.addArguments("--start-maximized");
driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

For further understanding, you can refer to the Selenium Training.

Hope this helps!

answered Aug 12, 2020 by Sirajul
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doesn't work

The path where Chrome stores the profiles on Linux.

String chromeProfilePath = "/home/(user)/.config/google-chrome/Profile3/";

Creating ChromeOptions object, disabling the extensions, and adding the profile I want to use by ".addArguments".

ChromeOptions chromeProfile = new ChromeOptions();
chromeProfile.addArguments("chrome.switches", "--disable-extensions");
chromeProfile.addArguments("user-data-dir=" + chromeProfilePath);

after this point, Google-Chrome will append \Default to the String you've provided.

There is a "/Default" folder inside the "/Profile3" directory, so what I did was...

I copied the content of "/Profile3" to the "/Default" folder.

Set the Browser System Properties and Path as you usually do, call the constructor that receives a ChromeOption and it will work fine.

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeProfile);

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