Python 3.5 - "Geckodriver executable needs to be in PATH"

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I added geckodriver.exe into PATH as you can see on this image and i restarted my computer after. But the error still show up.

Here's my code :

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get('https://stackoverflow.com')

Do you have clues about what I did wrong ?

Possible duplicate of [Selenium using Python - Geckodriver executable needs to be in PATH](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40208051/selenium-using-python-geckodriver-executable-needs-to-be-in-path) — Andersson, Jun 19 '17 at 12:54
In windows, Create Enviroment variable "webdriver.gecko.driver" and set the driver path("c:\geckodriver.exe") as value. — Murthi, Jun 19 '17 at 13:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '17 at 13:04

There are three ways to resolve this error.

Download the gecko driver and keep it in directory where your python test script is there.
Set the environment variable "webdriver.gecko.driver" with driver path as value. os.environ["webdriver.gecko.driver"]="c:\geckodriver.exe"
Pass executable path to the constructor like driver = WebDriver.Firefox("path of executable")

undetected Selenium · Answer 2 · 2019-01-18T21:36:49.200

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I don't see any significant error in your code block. While working with Selenium 3.4.3, geckodriver v0.17.0, Mozilla Firefox 53.0 with Python 3.6.1 you can consider downloading the geckodriver and save it anywhere in your machine and configuring the absolute path of the geckodriver through executable_path.

It is to be noted that the current Selenium-Python binding is unstable with geckodriver and looks to be Architecture specific. You can find the github discussion and merge here. So you may additionally need to pass the absolute path of the firefox binary as firefox_binary argument while initializing the webdriver

Here is your own code block which executes well at my end:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary

binary = FirefoxBinary('C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe')
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary=binary, executable_path="C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\geckodriver.exe")
driver.get('https://stackoverflow.com')

edited Jan 18 '19 at 21:36

answered Jun 19 '17 at 13:40

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thanks for your answer but it says now : "WebDriverException: Unable to find a matching set of capabilities" – Hobsido Jun 19 '17 at 14:05
@Hobsido Can you consider ensuring that you have provided the correct absolute path of `firefox.exe` and `geckodriver.exe`? Which system are you using Linux or Windows? Thanks – undetected Selenium Jun 19 '17 at 14:09
i work on Windows and i checked : both path are correct – Hobsido Jun 19 '17 at 14:16
@@Hobsido What is your Selenium, geckodriver & Mozilla Firefox versions? Thanks – undetected Selenium Jun 19 '17 at 14:23
Mozilla Firefox 51.0.1 / Geckodriver 0.17.0 / Selenium 3.4.3 – Hobsido Jun 19 '17 at 14:31

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 01 '18 at 08:47

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Are you setting the capabilities correctly? In case you are setting the version capability, verify that it is correct or remove it altogether. I am talking of the below:

capabilities.SetCapability("version", "50.0");

edited May 01 '18 at 08:47

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answered Jun 19 '17 at 15:25

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 25 '20 at 19:15

In Windows 10 it can be solved after replacing Firefox driver with chrome driver. driver = webdriver.Chrome()

Download Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019 https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe OR https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe and install based on your Operating system.

Download Chrome Driver from https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=79.0.3945.36/ based on your operating system.

Add chrome drivers in your PATH

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