selenium script doesn't run in python

Question

Tried executing

from selenium import webdriver

browser=webdriver.Chrome()

browser.get('http://www.google.com')

but doesn't execute and throws error

=RESTART: C:\Users\Phani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\drive.py =
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Phani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 76, in start
    stdin=PIPE)
  File "C:\Users\Phani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "C:\Users\Phani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1178, 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\Phani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\drive.py", line 4, in <module>
    browser=webdriver.Chrome()
  File "C:\Users\Phani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
    self.service.start()
  File "C:\Users\Phani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 83, 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

properly installed selenium using pip install

Please Help!!

Possible duplicate of Selenium using Python - Geckodriver executable needs to be in PATH — sytech
– sytech, Commented Mar 20, 2019 at 20:39

KunduK · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-20 18:55:32Z

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This isn't working because you haven't provide path of the chrome driver.WebDriver doesn't know where is the chromedriver path.

driver = webdriver.Chrome("path of the chrome driver Chromedriver.exe")

for example:

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome("d:/chromedriver/Chromedriver.exe")
driver.get("https://www.google.com")

edited Mar 20, 2019 at 18:55

answered Mar 20, 2019 at 18:41

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Neeraj Sonaniya · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-20 19:14:37Z

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You can try Firefox for this purpose:

First Download Geckodriver from here: https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/tag/v0.24.0

from selenium import webdriver
fox = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path='/path/to/downloaded/gecko/driver')
fox.get("https://www.google.com")

Same could be done with google chrome :

You can download chrome driver from here:

https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

No need to setup PATH variable.

answered Mar 20, 2019 at 19:14

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LalaSharifova · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-13 00:10:38Z

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I have just fixed the issue. You need to download an updated version of Google Chrome. For instance, my old version was 96 but now it is 101. That is it.

answered May 13, 2022 at 0:10

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