Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--allow-running-insecure-content

What does --allow-running-insecure-content do?

By default, an https page cannot run JavaScript, CSS or plugins from http URLs. This provides an override to get the old insecure behavior.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --allow-running-insecure-content using CLI

chrome --allow-running-insecure-content

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --allow-running-insecure-content using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--allow-running-insecure-content']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --allow-running-insecure-content using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--allow-running-insecure-content']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --allow-running-insecure-content using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--allow-running-insecure-content')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)