Environment setup for running an automated headless Chrome browser on Ubuntu

install_chrome_driver.sh

# Install Chrome, ChromeDriver, and Selenium WebDriver.
# ChromeDriver provides an API to control Chrome, and WebDriver facilitates making automated scripts.

# References:
# https://gist.github.com/ziadoz/3e8ab7e944d02fe872c3454d17af31a5
# https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-setup-selenium-on-a-linux-vm-cd19ee47d922

# Install Java dependencies for Selenium:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y unzip openjdk-8-jre-headless xvfb libxi6 libgconf-2-4

# Install Chrome:
sudo curl -sS -o - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add
sudo su -c "echo 'deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list"
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install google-chrome-stable

# Install ChromeDriver:
# Find which version of Chrome is installed.
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --version
# Based on this version, go to https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads to find the download link, then download.
wget -N https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/109.0.5414.119/chromedriver_linux64.zip -P ~/
# Unpack files and install to /usr/bin.
unzip ~/chromedriver_linux64.zip -d ~/ && rm ~/chromedriver_linux64.zip
sudo mv -f ~/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
# Adjust permissions.
sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/chromedriver && sudo chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/chromedriver

# Install python bindings for Selenium:
# Install pip if needed: sudo apt install python3-pip
pip3 install selenium