error while executing python scripts with selenium

Question

I have installed python, pip and selenium in my system and I'm testing a sample code on basic sites.

Code:

from selenium import webdriver
import time


driver = webdriver.Chrome("C:\\Users\\skandregula\\PycharmProjects\\sele\\geckodriver.exe")
driver.get("http://www.python.org")

time.sleep(10)
driver.close()

error:C:\Users\skandregula\PycharmProjects\sele\venv\Scripts\python.exe
C:/Users/skandregula/PycharmProjects/sele/script.py Traceback (most
recent call last):   File
"C:/Users/skandregula/PycharmProjects/sele/script.py", line 5, in
<module>
    driver = webdriver.Chrome("C:\\Users\\skandregula\\PycharmProjects\\sele\\geckodriver.exe")
File
"C:\Users\skandregula\PycharmProjects\sele\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py",
line 81, in __init__
    desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)   File "C:\Users\skandregula\PycharmProjects\sele\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py",
line 157, in __init__
    self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)   File "C:\Users\skandregula\PycharmProjects\sele\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py",
line 252, in start_session
    response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)   File "C:\Users\skandregula\PycharmProjects\sele\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py",
line 321, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)   File "C:\Users\skandregula\PycharmProjects\sele\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py",
line 242, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: Unable
to find a matching set of capabilities

How to resolve this issue?

Possible duplicate of [Selenium "Unable to find a matching set of capabilities" despite driver being in /usr/local/bin](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43713445/selenium-unable-to-find-a-matching-set-of-capabilities-despite-driver-being-in) — G. Anderson, Nov 13 '18 at 16:48
Try passing the path in the keyword argument `executable_path` — asheets, Nov 13 '18 at 17:07
Possible duplicate of [Running Selenium WebDriver python bindings in chrome](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8255929/running-selenium-webdriver-python-bindings-in-chrome) — Navarasu, Nov 13 '18 at 20:19
You are passing geckodriver for stating the chrome? download chrome driver.Check the link above. Also this basic example http://chromedriver.chromium.org/getting-started — Navarasu, Nov 13 '18 at 20:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 13 '18 at 22:42

driver = webdriver.Chrome("C:\\Users\\skandregula\\PycharmProjects\\sele\\geckodriver.exe")

this line is attempting to launch an instance of a Chrome browser, but you are passing it the path to geckodriver.exe, which is the Webdriver for Firefox. You need to use chromedriver.exe for Chrome.

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