I'm having some issues with selenium in my python script.
import time
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Chrome(path/to/chromedriver)
After executing the script the terminal is just outputting :
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
the problem is in third line
browser = webdriver.Chrome(path/to/chromedriver)
and I don't really know what to do. I'm pretty sure that the chrome driver path is correct tho.
I would suggest using the webdriver_manager, as it will take care of downloading the latest stable driver based on the browser version and also takes care of the execution paths.
Use the below 3 simple lines to start the chrome driver.
from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager``
driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install()
Make sure you have selenium and webdriver_manager libraries added to the project.
Should be, assuming you are on windows
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r"C:\path\to\chromedriver.exe")
Or
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\\path\\to\\chromedriver.exe")
Webdriver download
https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads
You can also download and install the chromedriver binary
Just import chromedriver_binary. This will add the executable to your PATH so it will be found.
You can also get the absolute filename of the binary with chromedriver_binary.chromedriver_filename.
from selenium import webdriver
import chromedriver_binary # Adds chromedriver binary to path
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
For Windows:
You have to put the path as a string in quotes "<path to chromdriver>" and would have to use r (for raw) before the string if it only includes single \ e.g. r"C:\Users\user\..." else you don't need it if you path is like "C:\\Users\\user...".
Do:
import time
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Chrome(r"<path to chromedriver>")
where "path to chromedriver" is the path to the chromedriver e.g. "C:\Users\<user>\Downloads\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe".
path/to/chromedriver, without quotes?