[FIXED] What is the solution of this python selenium error?

Issue

from selenium import webdriver

browser = webdriver.Chrome("./chromedriver.exe")

browser.get("http://youtube.com")

I have chrome version 118.0.5993.118, but I downloaded chromedriver version 118.0.5993.70. It was because there was no chromedriver version 118.0.5993.118. Then I have problem running code above, even though it is gramatically correct.

Is it because of the wrong chromedriver version? Then what will be the solution? Thank you.

Solution

Below line is incorrect.

browser = webdriver.Chrome("./chromedriver.exe")

Solution: From selenium v4.10.0 and onwards, you cannot pass executable_path(chrome driver path) as an argument. You need to use Service Class to pass the chromedriver.exe path.

Option 1: Passing chromedriver.exe path using Service class.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

service = Service(executable_path='<full path>/chromedriver.exe')
browser = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)
browser.get("http://youtube.com")

Option 2: This is the easiest option. If your selenium version is 4.6.0 or above, let Selenium's built-in tool Selenium Manager do the driver management for you. No need to set the chromedriver.exe explicitly. Code can be as simple as:

from selenium import webdriver

browser = webdriver.Chrome()
browser.get("http://youtube.com")

Refer this - https://stackoverflow.com/a/76463081/7598774

Answered By - Shawn