Why am I getting a "'str' object has no attribute 'execute'" error when I use Command.GET?

Question

using this code

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox
driver.get("WebDriver","https://www.youtube.com")

It gives me this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Zohaib/PycharmProjects/FirstPyTesting/youtube.py", line 3, in <module>
    driver.get("WebDriver","http://localhost:81/")
  File "C:\Users\Zohaib\PycharmProjects\FirstPyTesting\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 333, in get
    self.execute(Command.GET, {'url': url})
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'execute'

Why is that and how can I fix it?

`get` has only url parameter `driver.get("https://www.youtube.com")`. — Guy, Sep 05 '19 at 07:28
The first thing you should always do is to look at [the docs](https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/navigating.html#navigating)... or any tutorial out there. — JeffC, Sep 06 '19 at 14:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '19 at 13:57

get()

The get(url) method accepts an url in the form of a string and is defined as:

def get(self, url):
    """
    Loads a web page in the current browser session.
    """
    self.execute(Command.GET, {'url': url})

Solution

You you need to pass only the url in the form of a string as follows:

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("https://www.youtube.com")

Why am I getting a "'str' object has no attribute 'execute'" error when I use Command.GET?

1 Answers1

get()

Solution