I wanted to install chromedriver that supports the current local chrome browser version in runtime.
Code should work like this:
1. First checks version of chrome browser.
2. Install the chromedriver corresponds to that chrome browser version.
I have tried:
pip install chromedriver-py
but it installs latest version of chromedriver, but I want the version that suppports local chrome browser.
please help me if anyone finds a solution.
You basically want us to write the whole code.. Anyhow, here is just a vague idea which you can implement with a bit of research:
- First checks version of chrome browser.
According to the Google ChromeDriver requirements the download path of Chrome can be expected in a certain download path, depending on your system. You either could check (like another user has done it: https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/41354/programmatically-determine-chrome-browser-version-regardless-of-os) the chrome version via chrome.exe --version or read the file names of the directory chrome.exe is installed:
The first file (maybe verify via regex) is my chrome version, 87.0.4280.88. I'd suggest taking a look at How do I list all files of a directory?.
- Install the chromedriver corresponds to that chrome browser version.
That's also doable with a little bit of research. You got all the download links on https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads. Just check for matching version and grab the respective link. If that doesn't suit your needs, maybe consider pre-installing the versions and implementing the proper one (depending on the version of the chrome browser).
