I am facing trouble launching the browser in selenium python

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This is what I wrote below. I am using PyCharm 2022.2.2 (Community Edition)

Build #PC-222.4167.33, built on September 15, 2022

from selenium import webdriver

# Chrome driver = Path
#to open an URL in a BROWSER

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
name = "Trainer"
service_obj = Service(r"C:\Users\DS-02\Desktop\Manjit\chromedriver.exe")   #---- doesn't works
driver = webdriver.Chrome(Service = service_obj) 



The error which I am getting is below:

C:\Users\DS-02\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe C:\Users\DS-02\Desktop\Manjit\PythonSelenium\Class_1_demo_Browser.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\DS-02\Desktop\Manjit\PythonSelenium\Class_1_demo_Browser.py", line 10, in <module>
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(Service = service_obj)  #----- doesn't works
TypeError: WebDriver.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'Service'


Please help,
Thanks and regards

I have tried the code below and works sometime now it doesn't works. I want to fix the code above:

#driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = service_obj) #driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = '../Webdriver/chromedriver.exe')

Please help

If you are using selenium 3 than upgrade it to 4. – Akzy Jan 18 '23 at 06:59 — Akzy, Jan 18 '23 at 06:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '23 at 08:51

You need to change this line driver = webdriver.Chrome(Service = service_obj) to be

driver = webdriver.Chrome(service = service_obj)

Parameter to be passed into webdriver.Chrome() in order to initialize driver object should be lowercased service while Service in your code is this: selenium.webdriver.chrome.service, you called it Service here:

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '23 at 11:18

This error message...

TypeError: WebDriver.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'Service'

...implies that when the program execution starts the int() method counters an unexpected keyword argument 'Service'.

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With the availability of selenium4 the key executable_path() is deprecated and you have to use the key service.

However you need to take care of couple of things as follows:

Incase you use the service keyword you have to create a Service object and assign the absolute location of the ChromeDriver, you have to import:
```
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
```

The keyword within webdriver.Chrome() is service. So you have to:

service_obj = Service('C:\\Users\DS-02\\Desktop\\Manjit\\chromedriver.exe')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service = service_obj)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 25 '23 at 19:17

I know it is late to reply to this question, but it worked for me as follows:

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("executable_path="+str(path_to_chromedriver))

chrome = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

I hope this saves someone if the same problem is encountered!

I am facing trouble launching the browser in selenium python

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