Error: selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH

selenium

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:\Users\ishaq\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 74, in start
 stdout=self.log_file, stderr=self.log_file)
 File "C:\Users\ishaq\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\subprocess.py", line 707, in __init__
 restore_signals, start_new_session)
 File "C:\Users\ishaq\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\subprocess.py", line 992, in _execute_child
 startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:/Users/ishaq/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python36/headless.py", line 9, in <module>
 driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=os.path.abspath("chromedriver"), chrome_options=chrome_options)
 File "C:\Users\ishaq\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 62, in __init__
 self.service.start()
 File "C:\Users\ishaq\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
 os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

And my script is:

import os 
from selenium import webdriver 
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys 
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options 

chrome_options = Options() 
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless") 
chrome_options.binary_location = 
r'C:\Users\ishaq\Desktop\chrome\chromedriver.exe' 
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=os.path.abspath("chromedriver"), 
chrome_options=chrome_options) 
driver.get("http://www.duo.com")

magnifying_glass = driver.find_element_by_id("js-open-icon") 
if magnifying_glass.is_displayed(): 
 magnifying_glass.click() 
else: 
 menu_button = driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".menu-trigger.local") 
 menu_button.click() 

search_field = driver.find_element_by_id("site-search") 
search_field.clear() 
search_field.send_keys("Olabode") 
search_field.send_keys(Keys.RETURN) 
assert "Looking Back at Android Security in 2016" in driver.page_source
driver.close()

 

3
Answers

Aug 11th, 2020 By: priya

Replies

You can test if it actually is in the python PATH, if you open a cmd and type in chromedriver and hit Enter. If Starting ChromeDriver 2.15.322448 is appearing, the PATH is set appropriately and there is something else going wrong. Then try the following:


Download ChromeDriver


Then you have multiple options:


* Add it to your system path
* Put it in the same directory as your python script
* Specify the location directly via executable_path


driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='C:/path/to/chromedriver.exe')


 

2 years ago - By warrensacko
 

The following code has to be executed with the Python script.


1.In command line: pip install webdriver-manager
2.Python script: 
from selenium import webdriver

from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())
2 years ago - By shivani
 
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If you want to unleash your potential in this competitive field, please visit the selenium course page for more information, where you can find the selenium tutorials and selenium frequently asked interview questions and answers as well.

 

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