Python Path Not Read Correctly in Selenium

Question

When trying to create a filepath in Python with Selenium to run.

I tried running the code line by lane and for this code:

path = os.path.expanduser("~\Anaconda2\selenium\webdriver\firefox\amd64\geckodriver.exe")

In the variable explorer it shows as below:

C:\Users\username\Anaconda2\selenium\webdriverirefox(bullet character)md64\geckodriver.exe

Thus running into an error [Error 267] The directory name is invalid.

Can someone help me?

Thanks!

ryugie · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-08 05:59:53Z

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You need to escape (\) your backslashes, or put an r before your string, which string2 below demonstrates.

>>> string1 = "~\Anaconda2\selenium\webdriver\firefox\amd64\geckodriver.exe"
>>> string1
'~\\Anaconda2\\selenium\\webdriver\x0cirefox\x07md64\\geckodriver.exe'

>>> string2 = r"~\Anaconda2\selenium\webdriver\firefox\amd64\geckodriver.exe"
>>> string2
'~\\Anaconda2\\selenium\\webdriver\\firefox\\amd64\\geckodriver.exe'

answered Feb 8, 2017 at 5:59

ryugie

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