Access https://infosimples.github.io/detect-headless to run several headless detection tests against your browser.
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User Agent: in a browser running with
puppeteer
in headless mode, user agent includesHeadless
. -
App Version: same as User Agent above.
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Plugins: headless browsers don't have any plugins. So we can say that if it has plugin it's headful, but not otherwise since some browsers, like Firefox, don't have default plugins.
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Plugins Prototype: check if the
Plugin
andPluginsArray
prototype are correct. -
Mime Type: similar to Plugins test, where headless browsers don't have any mime type
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Mime Type Prototype: check if the
MimeType
andMimeTypeArray
prototype are correct. -
Languages: all headful browser has at least one language. So we can say that if it has no language it's headless.
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Webdriver: this property is true when running in a headless browser.
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Time elapse: it pops an
alert()
on page and if it's closed too fast, means that it's headless. -
Chrome element: it's specific for
chrome
browser that has an elementwindow.chrome
. -
Permission: in headless mode
Notification.permission
andnavigator.permissions.query
report contradictory values. -
Devtool:
puppeteer
works ondevtools protocol
, this test checks ifdevtool
is present or not. -
Broken Image: all browser has a default
nonzero
broken image size, and this may not happen on a headless browser. -
Outer Dimension: the attributes
outerHeight
andouterWidth
have value 0 on headless browser. -
Connection Rtt: The attribute
navigator.connection.rtt
,if present, has value 0 on headless browser. -
Mouse Move: The attributes
movementX
andmovementY
on everyMouseEvent
have value 0 on headless browser.