Question :
Error Message: ‘chromedriver’ executable needs to be PATH
I just started on Selenium and was able to load up google but now when I run the following code it produces the error:
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message 'chromedriver' executable needs
to be PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
Why is it saying “C:Users/Colin/Python/chromedriver” is not a path?
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Chrome("C:Users/Colin/Python/chromedriver")
browser.get('http://www.google.com')
browser.quit()
Answer #1:
While working with Selenium v3.x, ChromeDriver and Chrome Browser you may need to pass the argument executable_path along with the absolute path of the ChromeDriver binary through either of the following options:
- Double back slashes i.e.
(\) - Single back slash i.e
()along with the raw(r)switch. - Binary extension i.e.
(.exe)
So you have to change the line :
browser = webdriver.Chrome("C:Users/Colin/Python/chromedriver")
With :
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:UsersColinPythonchromedriver.exe')
Answer #2:
Or if you don’t want to add the executable path everytime you want to use the chrome driver, you can just move the chromedriver.exe file to the same current working directory
