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 !
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'Webdrivers' executable may have wrong permissions. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
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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 am trying to make a web automation bot using python and selenium but I have encountered a problem/error
Here's my code
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
s=Service('C:/Users/asus/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/driverchromedriver.exe')
browser = webdriver.Chrome(service=s)
url='https://www.google.com'
browser.get(url)
And here's the eror I'm am encountered with
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\asus\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 71, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "C:\Users\asus\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\subprocess.py", line 951, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Users\asus\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
This error message...
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
...implies that the program can't find the mentioned executable file driverchromedriver.exe
Possibly it's a typo as in it's original form the name of the ChromeDriver executable is chromedriver.exe
Solution
Effectively the relevant line of code will be:
If the ChromeDriver executable is within C:/Users/asus/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/:
s=Service('C:/Users/asus/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/chromedriver.exe')
If the ChromeDriver executable is within C:/Users/asus/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/driver/:
s=Service('C:/Users/asus/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/driver/chromedriver.exe')
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.
I'm very new to coding. Trying to run the below basic lines from past 20 days, and getting the below error. Kindly help. Tried installing uninstalling python, selenium & pycharm. still same issue :(
My code:
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application')
browser.get('https://www.google.com')
browser.quit()
Error -
"C:\Python 3.7.6\python.exe" C:/Users/PycharmProjects/sel/sel1.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python 3.7.6\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 76, in start
stdin=PIPE)
File "C:\Python 3.7.6\lib\subprocess.py", line 800, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Python 3.7.6\lib\subprocess.py", line 1207, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/PycharmProjects/sel/sel1.py", line 2, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application')
File "C:\Python 3.7.6\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Python 3.7.6\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 88, in start
os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'Application' executable may have wrong permissions. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
Process finished with exit code 1
Thanks in advance.
Your executable path is deeply problematic. The error being thrown show that your programs access to the chrome driver is being blocked. Change the position of the chrome driver to somewhere else(desktop, user directory etc) and change the executable path in your code to the new path where you put your chromedriver and you should be okay