chromedriver for selenium code example

Example 1: chromedriver selenium python

# For Linux, but it is similar for Windows
# First make sure first that you have chrome browser installed on your system.

# a simple way to get the driver is: 
sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver
# this will download 75MB of files.

# another way is:
1. Download the lastest version of driver from:
  https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/ # only 5-7MB
2. Unzip the file.
3. Paste the file in /usr/local/bin using this command:
  sudo mv chromedriver /usr/local/bin # this makes sure that the directory is in your PATH variable.
4. Make your file executable:
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/chromedriver

Now you can use this in python:
  >>from selenium import webdriver
  >>browser = webdriver.Chrome()
  # it will work fine

Example 2: selenium set chrome executable path

chromedriver = "/path/to/chromedriver"
options = Options()
options.binary_location = '/path/to/chrome'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriver, chrome_options=options)

Example 3: selenium chromedriver

Supports Chrome version 89
Resolved issue 3667: Timed out receiving a message from rendererResolved issue 3675: GetElementLocation uses inView method which mishandles boolean as arrayResolved issue 3682: GetElementRegion returns incorrect size for elements which are partially out of viewportResolved issue 3690: ChromeDriver fails if extensions use chrome.windows API

Example 4: selenium set chrome executable path

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setBinary("/path/to/chrome/binary");

ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

Example 5: chrome webdriver download

Supports Chrome version 88
Resolved issue 3611: getText() output in protractor different from <element>.innerTextResolved issue 3625: Improve element screenshot compatibilityResolved issue 3628: Stale Element Reference and wrong URL reported back with URL having another URL as part of its pathResolved issue 3631: Add support for the `webauthn:extension:largeBlob` capabilityResolved issue 3635: Chromedriver 86 - chromedriver .quit() doesn't seem to pass unload event properlyResolved issue 3649: Copying selected text to clipboard does not work on Windows 10 when using headless modeFor more details, please see the release notes.