[GH-ISSUE #395] [WhoScored] Blocked in headless mode #75

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opened 2026-03-02 15:55:33 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-03-02 15:55:33 +03:00

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Originally created by @shufinskiy on GitHub (Oct 5, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/395

Hello.

I try get schedule EPL 2023-24 from whoscored.com with

import soccerdata as sd
ws = sd.Whoscored(leagues="ENG-Premier League", seasons=2023)
epl_schedule = ws.read_schedule()

With headless=False all work good, but headless=True code broken on call Whoscored._parse_season_stages() method

I check ws._driver.page_source and get very strange html about blocking:

About 3 weeks ago everything was working fine

version package:
soccerdata 1.5.1
selenium 4.12.0
undetected-chromedriver 3.5.3
Chrome 117.0.5938.62
Ubuntu 18.04

Originally created by @shufinskiy on GitHub (Oct 5, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/395 Hello. I try get schedule EPL 2023-24 from whoscored.com with ```python import soccerdata as sd ws = sd.Whoscored(leagues="ENG-Premier League", seasons=2023) epl_schedule = ws.read_schedule() ``` With `headless=False` all work good, but `headless=True` code broken on call `Whoscored._parse_season_stages()` method ![Снимок экрана от 2023-10-05 13-46-08](https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/assets/49508936/9440a6c8-04f3-4a4c-8548-54587a9345da) I check `ws._driver.page_source` and get very strange html about blocking: ![Снимок экрана от 2023-10-05 13-47-59](https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/assets/49508936/98abcd8f-cc3e-4c75-8040-ab25d254fa46) About 3 weeks ago everything was working fine version package: `soccerdata` 1.5.1 `selenium` 4.12.0 `undetected-chromedriver` 3.5.3 Chrome 117.0.5938.62 Ubuntu 18.04

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2026-03-02 15:55:33 +03:00

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2026-03-02 15:55:34 +03:00

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@probberechts commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2023):

This will have to be fixed in undetected-chromedriver.

@probberechts commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2023): This will have to be fixed in [undetected-chromedriver](https://github.com/ultrafunkamsterdam/undetected-chromedriver/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+headless).

kerem referenced this issue

2026-03-02 15:57:08 +03:00

[PR #75] [MERGED] Update actions/cache action to v3.0.7 #265