Im trying to create a webscraper for the first time. The script wont run without a error code.
Tutorial I am using:
https://oxylabs.io/blog/python-web-scraping
I have followed all steps and have undergone further steps via other youtube tutorials but nothing has worked ;(
Error code:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\hpy03\PycharmProjects\webtest\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 72, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "C:\Users\hpy03\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Users\hpy03\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\subprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/hpy03/PycharmProjects/webtest/test_scraping.py", line 5, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='c:\path\to\windows\webdriver\executable.exe')
File "C:\Users\hpy03\PycharmProjects\webtest\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\hpy03\PycharmProjects\webtest\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'executable.exe' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
It seems like you haven't referenced chromedriver properly. If you run chromedriver -v in Command Prompt, and get a version back, then just remove the executable_path=... from your code:
Before:
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='c:\path\to\windows\webdriver\executable.exe')
After:
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
Otherwise, you can place chromedriver.exe in the same folder as your code, and reference it like so:
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='./chromedriver.exe')
If you don't have chromedriver.exe, then see here.
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I am new at Python and selenium and I want to build an webdriver or bot respectively. I tried to execute the code below with inserting "python3 main.py" and with running the code on VS code but it is not working. The error result is enclosed. I am using Mac. The chromedriver exec is in the same main folder like the code I am writing, so actually the Path should be right. I tried different ways to solve my problem but non of them worked. I have the right chromedriver version on my mac and I even allowed my system to open the chromedriver folder.
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Chrome('/Users/user/Desktop/it_projects/python-google-automation/src/chromedriver')
browser.get('https://www.google.com')
Error: "user#MacBook-Air-von-User python-google-automation % python3 main.py
/Users/user/Desktop/it_projects/python-google-automation/main.py:4: DeprecationWarning: executable_path has been deprecated, please pass in a Service object
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/Users/user/Desktop/it_projects/python-google-automation/src/chromedriver')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 71, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 969, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1845, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/user/Desktop/it_projects/python-google-automation/src/chromedriver'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/user/Desktop/it_projects/python-google-automation/main.py", line 4, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/Users/user/Desktop/it_projects/python-google-automation/src/chromedriver')
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 69, in __init__
super().__init__(DesiredCapabilities.CHROME['browserName'], "goog",
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chromium/webdriver.py", line 89, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 86, in start
raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable may have wrong permissions. Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/home
user#MacBook-Air-von-User python-google-automation % "
#Oxgur Sahin, you have to give executable permission to your chromedriver file /Users/user/Desktop/it_projects/python-google-automation/src/chromedriver.
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I will provide my code, with included error message. I believe I need to move the gecko driver to PATH, but I tried to do some research on how to do this and unfortunately I didn't find anything definitive. I'm hoping that someone could give me a hand.
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\lukep\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 71, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "C:\Users\lukep\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 966, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Users\lukep\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1435, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
File "C:\Users\lukep\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py", line 174, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\lukep\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
I jut got installed and learnd about automation. And then when I wanna run this code:
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
there's an error like this line :
$ C:/Users/HELLO/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/python.exe d:/Lain-lain/belajarSele.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\HELLO\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 72, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "C:\Users\HELLO\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\subprocess.py", line 951, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Users\HELLO\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\subprocess.py", line 1420, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d:\Lain-lain\belajarSele.py", line 3, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
File "C:\Users\HELLO\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\HELLO\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
What should I do?
You need to download chromedriver from here
and once downloaded, you should define in your code like this :
driver = webdriver.Chrome("C:/Users/*****/Downloads/chromedriver_win32/chromedriver.exe")
I installed Selenium correctly and to start, I entered this code:
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
by executing it, sadly, I didn't get browser tap, but this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Q\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 72, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "C:\Users\Q\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Users\Q\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/Q/MyPythonScripts/seleniumyt.py", line 3, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
File "C:\Users\Q\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py", line 164, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\Q\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
I'm on Windows 10 and I installed Selenium by pip following the automatetheboringstuff.com video course on Udemy.
I tried running
from selenium import webdriver browser = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path = 'C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe')
the browser starts, but then follow up commands like browser.get() don't direct me to the site I want too visit.
I finally managed to solve my problem for some reason, my geckodriver.exe was not working i downloaded it externally from github and now, everything works just fine. thank you so much for your time, have a great day and stay save, people !
I have only recently begun coding with Python 3. I don't know how to phrase the question that I mean to ask as I don't understand any part of these errors that were returned.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Liam McAuley\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 72, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "C:\Users\Liam McAuley\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Users\Liam McAuley\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\subprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Liam McAuley\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\shrek.py", line 13, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome('chromedriver.exe')
File "C:\Users\Liam McAuley\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\Liam McAuley\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver.exe' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
Can anyone help, please?
Your system cannot find the chromerdriver executable. As you are using Windows, I'd recommend using a full path definition of the executable:
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\Users\Liam McAuley\path\to\actual\chromedriver.exe")
Alternatively, you can add chromedriver.exe to your path by typing this command into Command Prompt (make sure you are running as administrator!)
setx CHROMEDRIVER=C:\Users\Liam McAuley\path\to\actual\chromedriver.exe
From reading the trace it may seem as if there are two things that are going wrong. 1st one is that it seems as if python cannot find the file you are specifying so perhaps check your path. the second one is that you may not have chromedriver on your PATH. if you're using windows you can add it to the path via the environment variables tab. you can also follow the steps found here
Selenium tries to access chromdriver which is a Webdriver it uses to execute the
driver = webdriver.Chrome('chromedriver.exe')
In order to use the chromedriver, it has to be on path. You can get the chromedriver here. As for how to add stuff to path, you can either use SETX temporarily
setx CHROMEDRIVER=path/to/chromedriver.exe
or you can create a folder for the driver and then add that folder permanently to path by following these instructions here