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python-selenium raises a WebDriverException because driver is not found in PATH

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From: "jgart" <jgart <at> dismail.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Cc: lars <at> 6xq.net
Subject: python-selenium raises a WebDriverException because driver is not
 found in PATH
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:10:57 +0000

Hi Guixers,

I'm adding this as a future TODO for myself or anyone else that would like to work on it.

python-selenium fails with the following when webdriver.Chrome is called:

driver = webdriver.Chrome('./chromedriver') 
  File "/gnu/store/hz5k0k0lggsn6j2ij49xriawbwrq988n-profile/lib/python3.10/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
    self.service.start()
  File "/gnu/store/hz5k0k0lggsn6j2ij49xriawbwrq988n-profile/lib/python3.10/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 81, in start
    raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

See what the nixpkgs package did here:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-23.05/pkgs/development/python-modules/selenium/default.nix#L29

Related references:

https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/#running-browser-tests-on-linux

best,

jgart

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