Selenoid, Seleniumbase and UC Mode

[G-markier]

1. Does Seleniumbase works with Selenoid for undetectable browsing?
2. If yes, does it work in UC Mode where it can make modifications to the driver (transforming chromedriver into uc_driver)?
3. If no, do you know of a viable replacement for Selenoid that allows for real time video recording using VNC or similar?

[mdmintz]

1. SeleniumBase in basic mode supports Selenoid. (running tests against selenoid "grid" and adding "selenoid:options" capability #1087 (comment))
   (But not in UC Mode, which doesn't work with Selenium Grids.)
3. Not sure. Video recording adds unnecessary overhead.

[G-markier]

Thanks.
Regarding #3, we use the built-in video recording for Selenoid to review our spiders to make sure they looking human like, the videos provide that record that also allows us to look back and try to diagnose when something goes wrong that does not give any errors.

Question: Is it the implementation of UC Mode that doesn't work with Selenium Grids, or UC itself doesn't work with Selenium grid?

I am not a developer, so I am asking just to see if hiring a developer to integrate Selenoid with UC would be a viable option.

[mdmintz]

The original undetected-chromedriver doesn't support Selenium Grid:
https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aultrafunkamsterdam%2Fundetected-chromedriver+grid&type=issues

Selenium Grid is a problem for UC Mode because while the Grid controls chromedriver, the Grid does not have the root control that is needed. UC Mode requires raw control for modifying a local chromedriver (renamed to uc_driver), as well as for disconnecting the driver from Chrome, and reconnecting to it a short time later.

[thule2k]

What about Selenoid? It contains the driver inside the container along with the browser, or am I wrong?

[thule2k]

Or maybe it's possible to work with pure cdp: https://aerokube.com/selenoid/latest/#_accessing_browser_developer_tools