competencytestlvl / webdriver_auto_update

A program to check existing local chrome driver version and automatically downloads the latest available version online.

webdriver_auto_update

A tool for managing ChromeDriver downloads and updates

Features

• Automatically downloads the latest stable version of ChromeDriver.
• Compares the local ChromeDriver version with the latest online version.
• Updates ChromeDriver to the latest version if necessary.
• Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Getting Started

Pre-requisites:

1. Python 3
2. Download Google Chrome
3. pip install selenium
4. Additional required packages listed in requirements.txt.

Installation (Option 1)

Clone this repository from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/competencytestlvl/webdriver_auto_update.git

Installation (Option 2)

Install the required package from PyPI:

pip install webdriver-auto-update

Usage

1. Navigate to the directory where you've cloned or downloaded the repository

2. Run the following example:

   from webdriver_auto_update.chrome_app_utils import ChromeAppUtils
   from webdriver_auto_update.webdriver_manager import WebDriverManager
   
   # Using ChromeAppUtils to inspect Chrome application version
   chrome_app_utils = ChromeAppUtils()
   chrome_app_version = chrome_app_utils.get_chrome_version()
   print("Chrome application version: ", chrome_app_version)
   
   # Target directory to store chromedriver
   driver_directory = "/path/to/driver/directory"
   
   # Create an instance of WebDriverManager
   driver_manager = WebDriverManager(driver_directory)
   
   # Call the main method to manage chromedriver
   driver_manager.main()
   

Note

• The objective of this program is to reduce redundancy of searching and downloading the updated version of chrome driver to the OpenSource community.
• Intended to be used in Selenium projects, browser testing or web automation.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or want to add new features, feel free to submit a pull request or reach out to me.