Error message chromedriver executable needs to be available in the path

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I am using selenium with python and have downloaded the chromedriver for my windows computer from this site  http   chromedriver storage googleapis com index html path 2 15      After downloading the zip file  I unpacked the zip file to my downloads folder  Then I put the path to the executable binary  C  Users michael Downloads chromedriver win32  into the Environment Variable  Path    However  when I run the following code     from selenium import webdriver    driver   webdriver Chrome         I keep getting the following error message   WebDriverException  Message   chromedriver  executable needs to be available in the path  Please look at     http   docs seleniumhq org download  thirdPartyDrivers and read up at http   code google com p selenium wiki ChromeDriver   But - as explained above - the executable is    in the path     what is going on here

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I had this problem on Webdriver 3 8 0  Chrome 73 0 3683 103 and ChromeDriver 73 0 3683 68    The problem disappeared after I did  pip install -U selenium   to upgrade Webdriver to 3 14 1

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I see the discussions still talk about the old way of setting up chromedriver by downloading the binary and configuring the path manually   This can be done automatically using webdriver-manager  pip install webdriver-manager   Now the above code in the question will work simply with below change   from selenium import webdriver from webdriver manager chrome import ChromeDriverManager  driver   webdriver Chrome ChromeDriverManager   install      The same can be used to set Firefox  Edge and ie binaries

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In my case  this error disappears when I have copied chromedriver file to c  Windows folder  Its because windows directory is in the path which python script check for chromedriver availability

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When you unzip chromedriver  please do specify an exact location so that you can trace it later  Below  you are getting the right chromedriver for your OS  and then unzipping it to an exact location  which could be provided as argument later on in your code   wget http   chromedriver storage googleapis com 2 10 chromedriver linux64 zip unzip chromedriver linux64 zip -d  home virtualenv python2 7 9

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Some additional input clarification for future readers of this thread   to avoid tinkering with the PATH env  variable at the Windows level and restart of the Windows system   copy of my answer from https   stackoverflow com a 49851498 9083077 as applicable to Chrome     1  Download chromedriver  as described in this thread earlier  and place the  unzipped  chromedriver exe at X  Folder of your choice   2  Python code sample   import os  os environ  PATH      os pathsep   r X  Folder of your choice    from selenium import webdriver  browser   webdriver Chrome    browser get  http   localhost 8000   assert  Django  in browser title   Notes    1  It may take about 5 seconds for the sample code  in the referenced answer  to open up the Firefox browser for the specified url   2  The python console would show the following error if there s no server already running at the specified url or serving a page with the title containing the string  Django        assert  Django  in browser title     AssertionError

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For mac osx users     brew tap homebrew cask     brew cask install chromedriver

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Best way for sure is here   Download and unzip chromedriver and put  chromedriver exe  in C  Python27 Scripts and then you need not to provide the path of driver  just  driver  webdriver Chrome     You are done no need to add paths or anything

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The best way is maybe to get the current directory and append the remaining address to it  Like this code Word on windows  On linux you can use something line pwd    webdriveraddress   str os popen  cd   read   replace   n          path to webdriver

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Another way is download and unzip chromedriver and put  chromedriver exe  in C  Program Files Python38 Scripts and then you need not to provide the path of driver  just driver  webdriver Chrome

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Same situation with pycharm community edition  so  as for cmd  you must restart your ide in order to reload path variables  Restart your ide and it should be fine

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When I downloaded chromedriver exe I just move it in PATH folder C  Windows System32 chromedriver exe and had exact same problem    For me solution was to just change folder in PATH  so I just moved it at Pycharm Community bin folder that was also in PATH  ex    C  Windows System32 chromedriver exe --  Gave me exception  C  Program Files JetBrains PyCharm Community Edition 2019 1 3 bin chromedriver exe --  worked fine

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for Mac users  I have the same problem but i solved by this simple way  You have to put your chromedriver exe in the same folder to your executed script and than in pyhton write this instruction    import os  os environ  PATH      os pathsep   r X  your folder script

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We have to add path string  begin with the letter r before the string  for raw string  I tested this way  and it works   driver   webdriver Chrome r C  Users michael Downloads chromedriver win32 chromedriver exe

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According to the instruction  you need to include the path to ChromeDriver when instantiating webdriver Chrome  eg    driver   webdriver Chrome   path to chromedriver

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If you are working with robot framework RIDE  Then you can download Chromedriver exe from its official website and keep this  exe file in C  Python27 Scripts directory  Now mention this path as your environment variable eg  C  Python27 Scripts chromedriver exe   Restart your computer and run same test case again  You will not get this problem again

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Check the path of your chrome driver  it might not get it from there  Simply Copy paste the driver location into the code

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Had this issue with Mac Mojave running Robot test framework and Chrome 77  This solved the problem  Kudos  Navarasu for pointing me to the right track     pip install webdriver-manager --user   install webdriver-manager lib for python   python   open python prompt   Next  in python prompt   from selenium import webdriver from webdriver manager chrome import ChromeDriverManager driver   webdriver Chrome ChromeDriverManager   install       ctrl d to exit   This leads to the following error   Checking for mac64 chromedriver xx x xxxx xx in cache There is no cached driver  Downloading new one    Trying to download new driver from http   chromedriver storage googleapis com xx x xxxx xx chromedriver mac64 zip     TypeError  makedirs   got an unexpected keyword argument  exist ok     I now got the newest download link   Download and unzip chromedriver to where you want For example    chromedriver chromedriver    Open    bash profile with editor and add   export PATH   HOME chromedriver  PATH    Open new terminal window  ta-da

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If you are using remote interpreter you have to also check if its executable PATH is defined  In my case switching from remote Docker interpreter to local interpreter solved the problem

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I encountered the same problem as yours  I m using PyCharm to write programs  and I think the problem lies in environment setup in PyCharm rather than the OS  I solved the problem by going to script configuration and then editing the PATH in environment variables manually  Hope you find this helpful

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You can test if it actually is in the PATH  if you open a cmd and type in chromedriver  assuming your chromedriver executable is still named like this  and hit Enter  If Starting ChromeDriver 2 15 322448 is appearing  the PATH is set appropriately and there is something else going wrong   Alternatively you can use a direct path to the chromedriver like this    driver   webdriver Chrome   path to chromedriver      So in your specific case    driver   webdriver Chrome  C  Users michael Downloads chromedriver win32 chromedriver exe

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Add the webdriver chromedriver exe or geckodriver exe  here C  Windows  This worked in my case

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For Linux and OSX Step 1  Download chromedriver   You can find more recent older versions at http   chromedriver storage googleapis com    Also make sure to pick the right driver  based on your Operating System wget http   chromedriver storage googleapis com 81 0 4044 69 chromedriver mac64 zip  For debian  wget https   chromedriver storage googleapis com 2 41 chromedriver linux64 zip Step 2  Add chromedriver to  usr local bin unzip chromedriver mac64 zip sudo mv chromedriver  usr local bin sudo chown root root  usr local bin chromedriver sudo chmod  x  usr local bin chromedriver   You should now be able to run from selenium import webdriver  browser   webdriver Chrome   browser get  http   localhost 8000    without any issues

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Could try to restart computer if it doesn t work after you are quite sure that PATH is set correctly   In my case on windows 7  I always got the error on WebDriverException  Message  for chromedriver  gecodriver  IEDriverServer  I am pretty sure that i have correct path  Restart computer  all work

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Before you add the chromedriver to your path  make sure it s the same version as your browser    If not  you will need to match versions  either update downgrade you chrome  and upgrade downgrade your webdriver    I recommend updating your chrome version as much as possible  and the matching the webdriver    To update chrome    On the top right corner  click on the three dots  click help -  About Google Chrome  update the version and restart chrome   Then download the compatible version from here  http   chromedriver chromium org downloads     Note  The newest chromedriver doesn t always match the newest version of chrome   Now you can add it to the PATH    create a new folder somewhere in your computer  where you will place your web drivers   I created a folder named webdrivers in C  Program Files copy the folder path  In my case it was C  Program Files webdrivers right click on this PC -  properties       On the right click Advanced System settings Click Environment Variables In System variables  click on path and click edit click new paste the path you copied before click OK on all the windows   Thats it  I used pycharm and I had to reopen it  Maybe its the same with other IDEs or terminals

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On Ubuntu  sudo apt install chromium-chromedriver  On Debian  sudo apt install chromium-driver  On macOS install https   brew sh  then do brew cask install chromedriver

[python] Error message: "'chromedriver' executable needs to be available in the path"

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