Calling Python script with Selenium Webdriver from PC on a server

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I have a Python script that uses Selenium Webdriver. I want to run this on a server remotely. When running my script directly on the server through command window, everything works fine. But when I'm trying to trigger this remotely through a program on my local PC to the server, it doesn't work. It seems to stop at driver = webdriver.Chrome(webdriverlink). It doesn't fail, it just won't continue. So it seems like it doesn't actually opens a browser.

Isn't this possible when you're not logged in on the server and not running it directly from there?

I've saved my script in a py-file, and is triggering it in both ways throuh the command line python <myFileName>.py

Have you installed the relevant driver on the remote machine? — thatguyfig
– thatguyfig, Commented Nov 12, 2020 at 13:24
Yes, I have. Or else I wouldn't have managed to run it directly on the server.. — Runar Langseth
– Runar Langseth, Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 14:06

Runar Langseth · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-16 12:15:37Z

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I found a solution from another forum after a lot of searching. So for all of you struggling with the same problem, this worked for me:

I've added the following code:
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option('excludeSwitches', ['enable-logging'])

and changed from: driver = webdriver.Chrome(webdriverlink)
to driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=webdriverlink,options=options)

answered Nov 16, 2020 at 12:15

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