Python + Browser with Mac: Error - 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH

Question

I did the following but came across the error:

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

from splinter import Browser

browser = Browser('chrome')

How can I go about resolving the issue using Mac?

Thank you in advance and will be sure to upvote/accept answer!

read this: http://splinter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/drivers/chrome.html?highlight=driver — eyllanesc, Apr 20 '17 at 23:17

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 28 '22 at 08:35

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The easiest way to resolve this is on a Mac is to:

brew install --cask chromedriver

Splinter and similar frameworks for browser automation rely on external modules being installed and callable in PATH.

Edit: chromedriver migrated from homebrew/core to homebrew/cask

edited Jul 28 '22 at 08:35

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answered Apr 21 '17 at 03:28

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omg people have no idea this thing exist, I read forums with 100s of comments. – Ojas Kale Apr 14 '18 at 02:54
seriously, if I could vote up your answer a million times, I would – ln9187 Sep 19 '18 at 19:40
Thank you so much, I tried all possibilities and they didn't work out but this did! – AndreiVataselu Oct 19 '18 at 10:17
So you're saying 'homebrew' does a "proper" install of modules than say PIP? It actually updates the PATH, etc? Wow. – Fandango68 Feb 05 '19 at 06:18
brew cask install chromedriver – user2589273 Feb 11 '19 at 21:31
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This solution only worked for me when I entered the following command: brew install --cask chromedriver. So "cask" must be an option with "--". Thank you for the solution :-). – Mateusz H. Mar 10 '21 at 15:10
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Please update to the new syntax: brew install --cask chromedriver – iGallina Mar 30 '21 at 19:16

user2589273 · Answer 2 · 2021-04-03T11:22:58.137

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brew cask install chromedriver

The current working command to install chromedriver from brew, since the previously accepted answer has been outdated unfortunately.

This then needs to be paired with your selinium code :

chrome_path = r'/usr/local/bin/chromedriver' #path from 'which chromedriver'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_path)

or 

import os 

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=os.popen('which chromedriver').read().strip())

Note: you may also need to do : brew cask install google-chrome

or

brew install --cask chromedriver

depending on your version of brew.

edited Apr 03 '21 at 11:22

answered Feb 11 '19 at 21:33

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Please update to the new syntax: brew install --cask chromedriver – iGallina Mar 30 '21 at 19:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 26 '20 at 13:05

Follow these three steps and you are all set !!!

Change the permission of the exe file to read/write for the user you are using to execute the file.
Check the version of the driver is same as that of your browser
Also don't give .exe in the python path(just provide upto the chromedriver in the path)

example:

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/chromedriver")

Python + Browser with Mac: Error - 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH

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