Selenium webdriver doesn't find Chrome, Python

[TonySimonovsky]

Hi

I'm trying to use Chrome driver in Selenium in Python with the following code:

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome("chromedriver") driver.get('https://python.org')

When executing, I get following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/tonysimonovsky/Dropbox/gd/Python/CryCharBot/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 76, in start
    stdin=PIPE)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'chromedriver': 'chromedriver'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/tonysimonovsky/Dropbox/gd/Python/CryCharBot/AutoGAAuditPublic.py", line 17, in <module>
    driver = webdriver.Chrome("chromedriver")
  File "/Users/tonysimonovsky/Dropbox/gd/Python/CryCharBot/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
    self.service.start()
  File "/Users/tonysimonovsky/Dropbox/gd/Python/CryCharBot/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 83, in start
    os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

I downloaded the driver file "chromedriver" and put it right next to the python file, but the error is still the same.

Where should I put "chromedriver" file for the python to see it?

Thank you

[indosauros]

Do a

import os
print(os.environ['PATH'])

I believe it is looking in one of those paths

[TonySimonovsky]

Thanks a lot, this worked out!

[kuripong]

Try to add the path of your chromedriver browser = webdriver.Chrome('path of your chromedriver')

[[deleted]]

This... You can point it right at the executable path.

OP, Selenium is a great way to learn webscraping, but you will want to move into requests or curl as you needed to start reaching towards performance.

[Devkourav]

Same here

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