Chrome driver with Selenium : "no suitable constructor found for RemoteWebDriver"

Question

I'm trying to use chrome driver with Selenium under java bindings. I follow these instructions : ChromeDriver Instructions

So I run ChromeDriver.exe, put this in my code WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver("http://localhost:9515", DesiredCapabilities.chrome()); and I get this error :

Error:(33, 28) java: no suitable constructor found for RemoteWebDriver(java.lang.String,org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities)
    constructor org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.RemoteWebDriver(org.openqa.selenium.remote.CommandExecutor,org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; java.lang.String cannot be converted to org.openqa.selenium.remote.CommandExecutor)
    constructor org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.RemoteWebDriver(java.net.URL,org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; java.lang.String cannot be converted to java.net.URL)

How to get chrome driver to work ?

Edit : With the other method :

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "PATH\\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

I get these errors :

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.example.tests.Scrapjv.testScrapjv(Scrapjv.java:54)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
    at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:44)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:271)
    at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:70)
    at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:50)
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Hmm, Why you use RemoteWebDriver?? Why not use [this](https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/getting-started) approach?! If you seemply need use chrome driver in your tests, it's not necessary to use RemoteWebDriver. Moreover, seems that selenium server hasnot been started before you start using RemoteWebDriver. — Andrey Egorov, Sep 02 '14 at 05:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '14 at 05:59

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I got the compilation error, while trying your code The constructor RemoteWebDriver(String, DesiredCapabilities) is undefined

For Java, you could try something like this,

  System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","Drive:"+File.separator+"chromedriver.exe");
  driver = new ChromeDriver();
  driver.get(url);

answered Sep 02 '14 at 05:59

Vignesh Paramasivam

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It is a replacement for // and works for all OS. look at this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2417485/file-separator-vs-slash-in-paths – Vignesh Paramasivam Sep 02 '14 at 06:07
well yeah I saw that you were right it launches the server and a window of google chrome but then it still throw errors :`java.lang.NullPointerException at com.example.tests.Scrapjv.testScrapjv(Scrapjv.java:54) ` – Wicelo Sep 02 '14 at 06:09
Post your entire method, since opening the browser doesn't throw this error – Vignesh Paramasivam Sep 02 '14 at 06:11
well even when I comment out the entire method I still get the error, the program crashes as soon as the chrome window pop out. – Wicelo Sep 02 '14 at 06:18
Can you post the code? I can't tell the problem what it is without it. Since opening the browser doesn't throw any errors – Vignesh Paramasivam Sep 02 '14 at 06:22
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/60432/discussion-between-wicelo-and-vignesh-paramasivam). – Wicelo Sep 02 '14 at 06:46
Hi Vignesh, I am trying to use your answer but I am getting error as "setProperty - cannot resolve symbol setProperty" am I missing anything by the way I am using IntelliJ 2016.1.2 community edition. – user790049 May 18 '16 at 06:54
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@user790049 This should help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5905896/intellij-inspection-gives-cannot-resolve-symbol-but-still-compiles-code – Vignesh Paramasivam May 18 '16 at 11:04

Reksmey · Answer 2 · 2020-05-13T09:04:35.703

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I have install chromedriver throw mac terminal, then add this code to java class; it work for me.

WebDriver driver;
@Test
public void test() throws MalformedURLException {
    WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new 
    java.net.URL("http://localhost:9515"), 
    DesiredCapabilities.chrome());
    driver.get("https://www.facebook.com");
    driver.findElement(By.name("email")).sendKeys("hello world");
}

edited May 13 '20 at 09:04

answered May 13 '20 at 08:11

Reksmey

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https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-answer explanation about your code is missing – QuickSilver May 13 '20 at 08:20

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 02 '15 at 17:42

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You could try:

WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new java.net.URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"), DesiredCapabilities.chrome());

edited May 02 '15 at 17:42

Bubletan

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answered May 02 '15 at 17:17

Karan

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It's always a good idea to describe *why* this would solve the issue. This will give the asker an additional clues what went wrong. – Artjom B. May 02 '15 at 17:36

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