downloads and installs the latest chromedriver binary version for automated testing of webapps.
the installer supports linux, mac and windows operating systems.
this package is maintained by an automated update script on travis.
if a new chromedriver version is out, this package will automaticly get updated within a day.
from pypi:
$ pip install chromedriver-py
from github:
$ pip install git+https://github.com/breuerfelix/chromedriver-py.git
specific version:
choose your version here
# example for chrome version 88
pip install chromedriver-py==88.0.4324.96
to use chromedriver just from chromedriver_py import binary_path
.
you will get a string variable with the executable filepath for your operating system.
from selenium import webdriver
from chromedriver_py import binary_path # this will get you the path variable
service_object = Service(binary_path)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service_object)
# deprecated but works in older selenium versions
# driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=binary_path)
driver.get("http://www.python.org")
assert "Python" in driver.title
you can trigger a custom build with a specific version in github actions.
just click Run workflow
and put your desired version in the version
input field that pops up.
the workflow tries to get your desired version and push it to pypi.