To complete a project using Selenium, I first need to add Geckodriver to PATH. I have read many articles about adding elements to PATH, but none of them end up working (I follow the steps and add a new element to PATH, but when I run my program I get the 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH error.
1: I first download this version of Geckodriver from here: https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
2: I extract the folder and add it to the PATH
3: When I run my program, I get the same error Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
Any help would be appreciated!
You do need to add an environment variable for the firefox driver.
String exePath = ".\\lib\\geckodriver.exe"; System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", exePath); driver = new FirefoxDriver();
You don't have to add a new environment variable, just move the file geckodriver.exe to your python folder, which in my case is
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310
Then to start the firefox driver just run
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
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Im new to Mac OSX. Downloaded my Robotframework(Selenium & Java) project from git and tried to execute the code locally wherein I received the below error.
Suite setup failed:
IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable: /Users/roja/Documents/GitHub/testautomation/chromedrivers/chromedriver_osx
To rectify this issue, I followed the below but it didnt work.
Upgraded the selenium-java and standalone version from 2.53.1 to 3.4.0.
Driver path specified to Users/roja/automation
Chromedriver upgraded from 2.31 to 2.33
And the same driver version updated even in the path specified in the exception above.
Also Im unsure why the path is defaulted to /Users/roja/Documents/GitHub/testautomation/chromedrivers/chromedriver_osx. My git projects are saved in the path usr/local/git/testautomation and chromedriver also saved in the same. please clarify and provide me a solution.
Below code written for launching the browser,
public void LaunchBrowser() throws InterruptedException {
System.setProperty("Webdriver.chrome.driver", "/Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx");
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
Quick installation of the latest ChromeDriver
To install the latest version of ChromeDriver:
Mac users with Homebrew:
brew tap homebrew/cask && brew cask install chromedriver
Original answered Nov 15 '17 at 12:04
The error IllegalStateException: The driver is not executable: /Users/roja/Documents/GitHub/testautomation/chromedrivers/chromedriver_osx says it all. You have to make exactly 4 changes as follows :
Change Webdriver.chrome.driver as :
webdriver.chrome.driver
Change /Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx as we need to include the name of the webdriver binary i.e. chromedriver as a value :
/Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx/chromedriver
Change driver = new ChromeDriver(); as :
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
Remove unwanted throws InterruptedException to keep your code short and simple.
FYI I had to do the solution proposed by varunrao321: Navigate to the folder containing chromedriver and run chmod +x chromedriver
I tried giving full permission to the chromedriver and it works fine.
chmod +x chromedriver
or
chmod 777 chromedriver
Another solution that worked for me.
Navigate to the folder containing chromedriver and run
"chmod +x chromedriver"
Worked for me as well:
Step 1: Open terminal
Step 2: Navigate to the path folder containing chromedriver
Step 3: Run chmod +x chromedriver
#debanjan already explain good expalaination to you, I am just giving you correct code:
public void LaunchBrowser() throws InterruptedException {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx/chromedriver");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
It may be due to the permission access. Download the chrome driver using http://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads and then give path.
Example:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","/Users/xyz/Downloads/chromedriver");
The way I solved this problem was by importing the chromedriver with right click>Import instead of dragging it to the folder.
I don't know exactly why, but it worked.
For me, it was the last driver that was not working with the chrome version installed on my macOS mojave. I was forced to install last version of google chrome, then it worked.
You may install chromedriver by brew
brew cask install chromedriver
After that, as DebanjanB said, replace your
System.setProperty("Webdriver.chrome.driver","/Users/roja/Automation/chromedriver_osx");
with
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver");
It works for me.
One More Solution :
Visit : https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads
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Under "Current Releases" section, Click on Chrome driver link which is updated in your system.
Automatically it will redirect to "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path="
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Click on link for mac and unzip the folder.
Now paste chromedriver.exe file into your project.
And provide below mentioned code-
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class SetChromeDriver {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/chromedriver");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
driver.quit();
}
}
Run this command in the folder where chromedriver is present: chmod +x chromedriver
from selenium import webdriver;
browser= webdriver.Firefox();
browser.get('http://www.seleniumhq.org');
When I try to run this code, it gives me an error message:
Expected browser binary location, but unable to find binary in default location, no 'moz:firefoxOptions.binary' capability provided, and no binary flag set on the command line.
Any thoughts-highly appreciated!
This error message...
Expected browser binary location, but unable to find binary in default location, no 'moz:firefoxOptions.binary' capability provided, and no binary flag set on the command line.
...implies that the GeckoDriver was unable to find the Firefox binary at the default location. Additionally you haven't passed the moz:firefoxOptions.binary capability.
Solution
Possibly within your system firefox is installed in a custom location and these cases you need to pass the absolute path of the Firefox binary through the moz:firefoxOptions.binary capability as follows:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
options = Options()
options.binary_location = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'
driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\geckodriver.exe', options=options)
driver.get('http://google.com/')
References
You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussion in:
SessionNotCreatedException: Message: Expected browser binary location, but unable to find binary in default location, no 'moz:firefoxOptions.binary'
InvalidArgumentException: Message: binary is not a Firefox executable error using GeckoDriver Firefox Selenium and Python
Expected browser binary location, but unable to find binary in default location, no 'moz:firefoxOptions.binary' capability provided
Firefox was not installed on my system at all. That's why this error came up.
same issue here:
Environment
OS: Mac
Not install Firefox application
has installed geckodriver, can found in PATH
Error Reason: Not installed Firefox
Solution: (goto firefox official site to download and) install Firefox
Before this ensure that path variable has include for geckodriver click here to download driver and run below python script.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
options = Options()
options.binary_location = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'
driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options)
driver.get('http://google.com/')
I have uninstalled firefox and installed it again which resolved my issue.
You should download appropriate web driver from https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases and put it into folder where your py file is. Also you can put it anywhere as long as the location of the file it is in your system path.
Selenium uses a web driver (a specific one for each web browser) in order to communicate with the browser installed on your system (Firefox in your case).
To use Firefox, you have to:
Download its web driver from
https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
Put the web driver in a specific location in the file system (same folder as the python script for example)
Add the web driver location path when initializing in the python code.
So the final code would look like this:
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Firefox('./geckodriver')
browser.get('https://www.python.org/')
Note: Sometimes a newer version of the web driver isn't compatible with an older version of the browser installed on your system.
I have encountered the same problem (Windows, Firefox v99, Selenium 4.1.4, geckodriver 0.31.0), the path to exe file and the driver initialisation were set correctly, solved the issue by changing the win32 by win64 version of geckodriver
as a side note for selenium/firefox (but with C#, not Python), this issue is quite relevant now in the sense that firefox location looks to be stored in windows in a new regedit location. Indeed geckodriver is looking in regedit location documented here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\[VERSION]\Main\PathToExe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\[VERSION]\Main\PathToExe
Source:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Capabilities/firefoxOptions
when on my machine it is there:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox 109.0\bin
With the version number stored here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\mozilla.org\Mozilla
and I set the selenium driver with C# Api with (path hardcoded for the poc):
var options = new FirefoxOptions();
...
options.BrowserExecutableLocation = #"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe";
Driver = new FirefoxDriver(options);
Regards
You need to download geckodriver.
https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
from selenium import webdriver;
browser= webdriver.Firefox('./geckodriver');
browser.get('http://www.seleniumhq.org');
I find myself using Selenium for web automation a lot, so I end up using ChromeDriver a lot as well. How I currently add it to all my projects is I make a copy of chromedriver.exe and add the copy to all of my projects. Then I tell my program where chromedriver.exe is with the following code:
String userPath = System.getProperty("user.dir");
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", userPath + "/chromedriver.exe");
Making a new .exe for each project is annoying and I'm wondering if there is a better way
I know a lot of people suggest putting one chromedriver.exe on your computer and just setting the path to the driver and doing something like this:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\User\\Path\\chromedriver.exe");
My problem with this is that if I want to move the program to a different computer or onto a server I need to change this path to a new instance of a chromedriver.exe.
I'm wondering if its possible to upload chromedriver to github and then set the path to your repository where you stored chromedriver.exe, so you might have something like this:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "https://github.com/Tryanno5/chromeDriver/blob/main/chromedriver.exe");
(This doesn't work, I already tried, this is just an example)
Is there some way to get chromedriver.exe online where it can always be accessed?
Or is there a better way to get it into all projects without always having to reference a specific copy on my computer?
Have you tried with the WebDriverManager check here
Add the dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
<version>4.3.0</version>
</dependency>
Setup driver
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
If it was python, would have been more easier since there is an auto installer API, see here -
Installation
pip install chromedriver-autoinstaller
Usage
Just type import chromedriver_autoinstaller in the module you want to use chromedriver.
Example
from selenium import webdriver
import chromedriver_autoinstaller
chromedriver_autoinstaller.install() # Check if the current version of chromedriver exists
# and if it doesn't exist, download it automatically,
# then add chromedriver to path
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("http://www.python.org")
assert "Python" in driver.title
See here for more
I trying to use selenium in jupyter notebook on Firefox. I have installed the geckodriver in /usr/bin directory .When I run my code it says:
WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
if I run the command %env PATH following output is displayed:
$PATH:/usr/bin/
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
I have even tried
browser=webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=r'/usr/bin/geckodriver')
Can somebody help me solve this?
I hope you are working with geckodriver on the local machine and providing the absolute path for the driver to run, This can be done automatically using webdriver-manager python
Advantages of using it are-
You don't have to give the path every time to run code.
Makes the code portable and easy to run on any machine without checking for geckodriver or chromedriver.
pip install webdriver-manager
Now the above code in the question can be changed to work simply with,
from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.firefox import GeckoDriverManager
driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=GeckoDriverManager().install())
If the above doesn't help, try doing this.
autoinstaller for geckodriver-
pip install geckodriver-autoinstaller
from selenium import webdriver
import geckodriver_autoinstaller
geckodriver_autoinstaller.install() #checks for driver or install it. driver =
webdriver.Firefox() driver.get("python.org")
this worked fine for me, otherwise, try to give a full path after downloading the latest geckodriver binary file.
Try to implement this with a Maven project so you can add dependencies in the pom.xml file. so you dont have to give the path each time. Refer this article here.Its in java but will help.
I am getting the following error while trying to get selenium webdriver working with robot framework.
WebDriverException: Message: Expected browser binary location, but unable to find binary in default location, no 'moz:firefoxOptions.binary' capability provided, and no binary flag set on the command line
I have downloaded the webdriver executable and have put it into path, but am still getting the error.
This is not related to robot framework. If you are able to open firefox using selenium python without giving path of firefox binary then it works fine in robot framework as well.
By default selenium will look into the path - C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\
Please install firefox using the link - http://filehippo.com/download_firefox/67599/
I had Firefox installed at the default location itself - C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\, but I was still getting this error. I got it fixed by adding the Firefox location using FirefoxOptions class
FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();
options.setBinary("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"); //This is the location where you have installed Firefox on your machine
FirefoxDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(options);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
I'm using the latest versions of Selenium, Firefox and GeckoDriver as specified in this article - http://www.automationtestinghub.com/selenium-3-0-launch-firefox-with-geckodriver/
I got the the same error,
For firefox on windows:
put below dir in you Path
C:\Users\abc\appData\Local\Mozilla Firefox\