inconsistency with selenium library

Question

I'm trying to create a selenium code in my computer but it is not working. The code is:

    from selenium import webdriver
    from pathlib import Path

    chromedriver_path:str = Path(__file__).absolute().parent / 'chromedriver'
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriver_path)
    driver.get("www.google.com")

When I try to run it, it shows me the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/macklee/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/driver_finder.py", line 38, in get_path
    path = SeleniumManager().driver_location(options) if path is None else path
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/macklee/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.py", line 87, in driver_location
    browser = options.capabilities["browserName"]
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'capabilities'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/macklee/Desktop/Computer science/Studies/Python/Paulla gomes project/navagation.py", line 5, in 
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriver_path)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/macklee/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 45, in __init__
    super().__init__(
  File "/Users/macklee/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chromium/webdriver.py", line 49, in __init__
    self.service.path = DriverFinder.get_path(self.service, options)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/macklee/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/driver_finder.py", line 40, in get_path
    msg = f"Unable to obtain driver for {options.capabilities['browserName']} using Selenium Manager."
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'capabilities'

Try this path = Path(__file__).absolute().parent / "chromedriver.exe" or try reinstalling the selenium package. — sourin_karmakar
– sourin_karmakar, Commented Jan 26, 2024 at 16:27
@sourin_karmakar Aside from the presence of ".exe" on the end, how is your suggestion any different from what they used? — John Gordon
– John Gordon, Commented Jan 26, 2024 at 16:35

John Gordon · Accepted Answer · 2024-01-26 16:28:02Z

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By default, Chrome() assumes that its first argument is an options object.

You need to specify that you're passing the chromedriver path, not an options object.

You do that by putting executable_path= in fromnt of the argument.

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver_path)

answered Jan 26, 2024 at 16:28

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mack lee Over a year ago

It gave me another error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/macklee/Desktop/Computer science/Studies/Python/Paulla gomes project/navagation.py", line 5, in <module> driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver_path) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TypeError: WebDriver.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'executable_path'

sourin_karmakar · Accepted Answer · 2024-01-26 17:08:39Z

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You can try this out

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium import webdriver

service = Service()
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)
driver.get("www.google.com")

Service will autodetect the chrome version and download suitable chromedriver. This will happen in the background. You might need selenium>=4.10

answered Jan 26, 2024 at 17:08

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Corey Goldberg Sep 1 at 16:19

Creating a Service with default/no args really does nothing

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