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Alex P
99 PointsI´m sorry but I´m still getting Error: The ChromeDriver could not be found on the current PATH. Pls help.
I´m getting Error: The ChromeDriver could not be found on the current PATH. Please download the latest version... ...http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html and ensure...
I downloaded lates version (right now is v2.33) and still stuck in it.
This is the [...mypath] where installed "chrome.js": (C:\Users\MyName\selenium-basics\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\chrome.js
And getting the message: at Error (native) at ServiceBuilder [...mypath: (numbers) ] at getDefaultService [...mypath: (numbers)] at Function.createSession [...mypath: (numbers)] at createDriver [...mypath: (numbers)] at Builder.buil [...mypath: (numbers)]
at repl:1:60 at sigintHandlersWrap (vm.js.22:35) at sigintHandlersWrap (vm.js:73:12) at ContextifyScript.Script.runInThisContext
Please help! Thanks in advance .
5 Answers
Daniel Riches
19,847 PointsI think that I might have a solution. I previously added a comment with some links to information. I will soon try and find out if I needed to actually change the Environment Variable of Path or not, but that was part of my solution.
While in my directory for selenium-basics which I created for this course and have all of the program files, in the console I did the command 'where chromedriver' and I got the file path to the folder where the .exe file exists. I then added this file path to my PATH Environment Variable. It still did not work so I'm not sure whether I needed to do that. I'm pretty sure that changing the PATH for me was unnecessary. I think maybe you just need to add require('chromedriver');
What ultimately fixed the issue was this line at the top of my file: require('chromedriver');
I would try adding that first if you do not have it
I'll watch the tutorial again to see if I missed it, but found this info here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/chromedriver
So, ultimately I created this file: first_test.js
which contains this code:
require('chromedriver'); const selenium = require('selenium-webdriver'); const driver = new selenium.Builder().forBrowser("chrome").build(); const url = "http://google.com";
driver.get(url);
then node first_test.js
It worked in the console too. I hope this helps. Sorry for the rambling, I'm testing it as I write. Good luck.
Alex P
99 PointsThanks so much Daniel! It now worked!
This is what I did in the cmd line :
cd selenium-basics
node
require('chromedriver');
const selenium = require('selenium-webdriver');
const driver = new selenium.Builder().forBrowser("chrome").build();
const url = "http://port...etc...treehouse-app.com/";
driver.get(url);
then I had to give "pop-up" permissions on the specific url in order to reach the treehouse page correctly.
I'm using Windows 7
Bryce Gerard
Courses Plus Student 375 PointsIt's still not working for me. How come an official answer hasn't been posted yet? This question has been up for months.
Aleksey Papushin
5,554 PointsIf you experiencing this issue on Windows, consider following solution which helped me.
- Install chromedriver locally - from command line opened in your project folder and without '-g' flag:
npm install chromedriver - Then use firstly
require('chromedriver');and then use commands that provided in lesson. Good luck!
Richard Preske
Courses Plus Student 4,356 PointsThis is the error I get: C:\Windows>cd C:\Windows
C:\Windows>cd ..
C:>cd program files
C:\Program Files>cd nodejs
C:\Program Files\nodejs>cd selenium basics
C:\Program Files\nodejs\selenium basics>chromedriver --version ChromeDriver 81.0.4044.69 (6813546031a4bc83f717a2ef7cd4ac6ec1199132-refs/branch-heads/4044@{#776})
C:\Program Files\nodejs\selenium basics>node Welcome to Node.js v12.16.1. Type ".help" for more information.
require('chromedriver'); Uncaught Error: Cannot find module 'chromedriver' Require stack:
- <repl> at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:982:15) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:864:27) at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1044:19) at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:77:18) { code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND', requireStack: [ '<repl>' ] }
I'll try installing locally. Thanks.
Uri Ben Jacob
2,223 PointsI'm getting the same error but i got the latest version(v2.35) and it seems the error comes from a different problem connecting to something else .
David Jackson
1,982 PointsI'm bumping this question! I was even directed to enter:
const selenium = require("selenium-webdriver@3");
However, everything I enter comes up with an error, even:
require('chromedriver');
Daniel Riches
19,847 PointsDaniel Riches
19,847 PointsI'm getting the same error. I'm using Windows 10 and I'm not sure what to specify in my Environment Variables or where I should actually install ChromeDriver.
This gave me somewhat of more understanding, but ultimately I'm still lost too.: https://simpleprogrammer.com/2014/02/03/selenium-with-node-js/
I watched a couple of other videos on YouTube, but still no luck. This one kind of helps in that I can run ChromeDriver from the command line when I'm in the folder where I installed the chromedriver and specified in my Environment Variables, but not from the folder where I have Selenium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz59GsdvUF8.
Looking forward to any exact directions to get it working in a folder structure t=similar to this video.
I later went and watched this and thought I had found the answer, but... not quite: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/console-foundations/environment-and-redirection/environment-variables
Maybe it will help you though. If you figure it out, please let me know