Chrome Flags Reference

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

--variations-server-url

What does --variations-server-url do?

Specifies a custom URL for the server which reports variation data to the client. Specifying this switch enables the Variations service on unofficial builds. See variations_service.cc.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --variations-server-url using CLI

chrome --variations-server-url

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --variations-server-url using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--variations-server-url']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --variations-server-url using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--variations-server-url']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --variations-server-url using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--variations-server-url')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)