Use about:blank as default and executable target to reduce start up time and bandwidth. (issue #44) (#68)

Author: raycardillo

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Default and launch changed to use `about:blank` (faster start and less bandwidth) @raycardillo
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [0.4.2] - 2025-02-11

zendriver/core/browser.py

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def _handle_target_update(
             self.targets.remove(current_tab)
 
     async def get(
-        self, url="chrome://welcome", new_tab: bool = False, new_window: bool = False
+        self, url="about:blank", new_tab: bool = False, new_window: bool = False
     ) -> tab.Tab:
         """top level get. utilizes the first tab to retrieve given url.
 
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ async def start(self) -> Browser:
 
         exe = self.config.browser_executable_path
         params = self.config()
+        params.append("about:blank")
 
         logger.info(
             "starting\n\texecutable :%s\n\narguments:\n%s", exe, "\n\t".join(params)

zendriver/core/tab.py

@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ async def select_all(
         return items
 
     async def get(
-        self, url="chrome://welcome", new_tab: bool = False, new_window: bool = False
+        self, url="about:blank", new_tab: bool = False, new_window: bool = False
     ):
         """top level get. utilizes the first tab to retrieve given url.