How to fix these errors so I can finally use 'webdriver.Chrome()'?

Question

I want to essentially "click" a button on a webpage using python. I am trying to use the selenium package (as seen in this example how_can_i_essentially_click_a_button_on_a_webpage/) but then I get the following message right after running the code:

I really don't understand what's going on. I would appreciate any help if possible.

from selenium import webdriver
browsre = webdriver.Chrome()

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\pablo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 76, in start
    stdin=PIPE)
  File "C:\Users\pablo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 707, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "C:\Users\pablo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 990, in _execute_child
    startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] El sistema no puede encontrar el archivo especificado

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
    browsre = webdriver.Chrome()
  File "C:\Users\pablo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
    self.service.start()
  File "C:\Users\pablo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\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

Your issue is `chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH`... — orde, Jul 01 '19 at 22:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '19 at 00:18

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Where is your chromedriver.exe located? Is it located in the path that is specified in yours tests?

Try this in your code:

 browser = webdriver.Chrome('/path/to/chromedriver')

answered Jul 02 '19 at 00:18

Siva

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Did this work for you? If so, could you please accept this as an answer? (Click the 'check' icon beside the answer) – Siva Jul 02 '19 at 05:55
Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Thanks anyway – Irving Lee Jul 02 '19 at 18:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '19 at 07:38

Looking into

'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH

it seems that your script is not able to find the chromedriver.exe under PATH so you need to add the folder, containing the chromedriver.exe to your system PATH

If you're running your test via PyCharm you can do the same in Run/Debug configurations:

and last, but not the least, you can amend the driver initialization line to contain the full path to your chromedriver.exe

driver = webdriver.Chrome("c:\\path\\to\\chromedriver.exe")

References:

It worked perfectly, thank you. – Irving Lee Jul 02 '19 at 18:35 — Irving Lee, Jul 02 '19 at 18:35

How to fix these errors so I can finally use 'webdriver.Chrome()'?

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