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I am on Windows pro 10 and using Firefox to execute the python selenium program.
Trying to run:
from selenium import webdriver
wb = webdriver.Firefox()
wb.get("https://stackoverflow.com")
Getting the following error(please ignore the web browser in the error message) :
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dilri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site- packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 74, in start
stdout=self.log_file, stderr=self.log_file)
File "C:\Users\dilri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36- 32\lib\subprocess.py", line 707, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Users\dilri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36- 32\lib\subprocess.py", line 990, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
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 "H:\temp.py", line 2, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
File "C:\Users\dilri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site- packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 62, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\dilri\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site- packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

As clearly mentioned in the error message, very first install the appropriate browser driver and give its path to the system variable path.
Like in my case:
from selenium import webdriver
driver_path = r"G:\Python\geckodriver.exe" #since on windows use raw strings
wb = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=driver_path)
# to check if it's working
wb.get("https://stackoverflow.com")
Remember: the driver path must be a raw string since we are working on windows.
Also, see to it that you don't give the file name as selenium.py

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents\\chromedriver.exec' error using Selenium on MAC OSX

I am trying to learn how to use selenium and python as well i am trying to follow this video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjv1sY630Uc&ab_channel=TechWithTim
This is the code I have :
from selenium import webdriver
PATH = "/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents\chromedriver.exec"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
driver.get("https://stackoverflow.com")
But this is what keeps coming up on the terminal ( I am using VS Code and am on mac)
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3 "/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents/Python Projects/Selenium Automation /Web Scraping (1)/web_scraping_attempt.py"
fuadhafiz#Fuads-iMac Web Scraping (1) % /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3 "/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents/Python Projects/Selenium Automation /Web Scraping (1)/web_scraping_attempt.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 72, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 947, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 1819, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents\\chromedriver.exec'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents/Python Projects/Selenium Automation /Web Scraping (1)/web_scraping_attempt.py", line 4, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 81, in start
raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'Documents\chromedriver.exec' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
and in the "problems" section
Anomalous backslash in string: '\c'. String constant might be missing an r prefix.
This is were the chrome driver is saved :

You were almost there. In macos systems the extension for the ChromeDriver binary isn't required. So effectively your code block will be:
from selenium import webdriver
PATH = "/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
driver.get("https://stackoverflow.com")
References
You can find a couple of detailed relevant discussions in:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'geckodriver': 'geckodriver' with GeckoDriver and Python in MAC OS

see error message you are using wrong file extension .exec instead of .exe
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents\\chromedriver.exec'
try this instead
from selenium import webdriver
PATH = "/Users/fuadhafiz/Documents\chromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
driver.get("https://stackoverflow.com")
I am also using mac so install chromedriver in default PATH saves so much trouble of adding path each time
brew cask install chromedriver
now you can simply call
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

Python Selenium geckodriver required in path

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 76, in start
stdin=PIPE)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 729, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 1364, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/ubuntu/bin/python/DLX/geckodriver': '/home/ubuntu/bin/python/DLX/geckodriver'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 25, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=geckoPath,options=options)
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 164, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 83, in start
os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
The above is the error I am getting while trying to use geckodriver and selenium. Geckodriver is in the path /home/ubuntu/bin/python/DLX/, that path has been added to the PATH var and I can see it when using echo $PATH. Below is the code I'm trying to get running.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.common.proxy import Proxy, ProxyType
from selenium.webdriver import DesiredCapabilities
from sys import platform
# setting browser to be heaadless
options = Options()
options.add_argument("--headless")
#Telling it where to find the required file
currentDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
geckoPath = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(currentDir,'geckodriver'))
print(geckoPath)
binary = FirefoxBinary(geckoPath)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=geckoPath,options=options)
I've looked at other posts, tried their fixes and I've still got the issue. Running it on RPI3b+ Ubuntu server if that helps.
Selenium Ver=3.141.0
geckodriver ver=v0.23.0
Edit:
PATH is as follows
/home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin:/home/ubuntu/.local/bin:/home/ubuntu/bin:/home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin:/home/ubuntu/.local/bin:/home/ubuntu/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/ubuntu/bin/python/DLX

It would be fine if you create once driver folder in you project and place geckodriver there and provide path as mentioned below.
Lets say folder name is drivers
firefox_driver = "/drivers/geckodriver"
driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=firefox_driver,options=options)

'webdriver' executable needs to be in PATH

I'm trying to use selenium and I keep getting the error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\jensa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 76, in start
stdin=PIPE)
File "C:\Users\jensa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Users\jensa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1178, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
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 "seleniumtest.py", line 5, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=path)
File "C:\Users\jensa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\jensa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 83, in start
os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'webdriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
I'm really confused as nothing online is helping me. The folder to the chromedriver IS in the PATH.
I've tried having the python file in the same folder as the driver and in a different folder.
I've tried specifying the location via executable_path. I've tried including and not including '.exe' in the executable_path. Nothing works. Can someone please help me get this working. Here's my code:
from selenium import webdriver
chromedriver = r"\C:\bin\chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriver)
driver.get("http://stackoverflow.com")

You need to provide chrome driver binary path , please download latest chrome driver which support to your browser version :
you can download Latest Chrome driver from here
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r"C:\bin\chromedriver.exe")
driver.maximize_window()
driver.get("url")

If it is in the PATH then no need for referencing in your code.
Simply write your code the following
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("http://stackoverflow.com")

browser = webdriver.Chrome() not working

I am getting started with Selenium for python and have this:
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Chrome()
However it gives this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Bradley Jo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-
packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 74, in start
stdout=self.log_file, stderr=self.log_file)
File "C:\Users\Bradley
Jo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\subprocess.py", line 709, in
__init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Users\Bradley
Jo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\subprocess.py", line 997, in
_execute_child
startupinfo)
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\Bradley Jo\Desktop\Project\app.py", line 3, in
<module>
browser = webdriver.Chrome()
File "C:\Users\Bradley Jo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-
packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 68, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\Bradley Jo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-
packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
os.path.basename(self.path), self.start_error_message)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver'
executable needs to be in PATH. Please see
https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
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Anyone have any idea how to fix this? Thanks

For windows:
Check you have installed latest version of chrome browser
If not, install latest version of chrome
download the latest(or appropriate) version of chromedriver from here
Paste the chromedriver.exe file in "<Install Dir>/Python27/Scripts" Folder.
The below code should work now:
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

You just need to pass the Chromedriver.exe's path in below command
from selenium import webdriver
webdriver.Chrome(Chromedriver.exe's path)
Then it starts working

From the error message:
'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
It's clear that you need to pass the path of Chrome web driver in webdriver.Chrome
driver_path = "/Users/amit/Downloads/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(driver_path)

My guess is that the problem comes from your path that contains a space ("Bradley Jo"):
C:\Users\Bradley Jo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py
You may try to put your webdriver elsewhere.

The error says it all as follows :
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home
You need to override any other existing paths and pass the absolute path of the chromedriver binary as an argument while initializing the webdriver instance as follows :
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')

You may try to put the chromedriver in the same folder as your program. That worked for me. Then this code in the python document should suffice.
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()