DeprecationWarning: executable_path has been deprecated selenium python
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I am using sublime to code python scripts. The following code is for selenium in python to install the driver automatically by using the webdriver_manager package
# pip install webdriver-manager
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver.maximize_window()
#s=Service(path)
#driver=webdriver.Chrome(service=s)
driver.get('https://www.google.com')
driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'q').send_keys('Yasser Khalil')
The code works fine but I got a warning like that
Demo.py:7: DeprecationWarning: executable_path has been deprecated, please pass in a Service object
driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())
How to fix such a bug?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
This error message...
DeprecationWarning: executable_path has been deprecated, please pass in a Service object
...implies that the key executable_path will be deprecated in the upcoming releases.
This change is inline with the Selenium 4.0 Beta 1 changelog which mentions:
>Deprecate all but Options and Service arguments in driver instantiation. (#9125,#9128)
Solution
With [tag:selenium4] as the key executable_path is deprecated you have to use an instance of the Service() class along with ChromeDriverManager().install() command as discussed below.
Pre-requisites
Ensure that:
-
Selenium is upgraded to v4.0.0
pip3 install -U selenium -
Webdriver Manager for Python is installed
pip3 install webdriver-manager
>You can find a detailed discussion on installing Webdriver Manager for Python in ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'webdriver_manager' error even after installing webdrivermanager
Selenium v4 compatible Code Block
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(ChromeDriverManager().install()))
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
Console Output:
[WDM] - ====== WebDriver manager ======
[WDM] - Current google-chrome version is 96.0.4664
[WDM] - Get LATEST driver version for 96.0.4664
[WDM] - Driver [C:\Users\Admin\.wdm\drivers\chromedriver\win32\96.0.4664.45\chromedriver.exe] found in cache
>You can find a detailed discussion on installing Webdriver Manager for Python in Selenium ChromeDriver issue using Webdriver Manager for Python
Incase you want to pass the Options() object you can use:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
options = Options()
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(ChromeDriverManager().install()), options=options)
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
TL; DR
You can find the relevant Bug Report/Pull Request in:
Solution 2 - Python
I could figure it out
# pip install webdriver-manager
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
s=Service(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=s)
driver.maximize_window()
driver.get('https://www.google.com')
driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'q').send_keys('Yasser Khalil')
Solution 3 - Python
This works for me
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
ser = Service("C:\\chromedriver.exe")
op = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
s = webdriver.Chrome(service=ser, options=op)
Solution 4 - Python
I found this deprecation issue is appearing on Selenium, Pip and Python updates. so simply just change :
before:
from selenium import webdriver
chrome_driver_path = 'C:/Users/Morteza/Documents/Dev/chromedriver.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_driver_path)
url = "https://www.google.com"
driver.get(url)
after:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
s=Service('C:/Users/Morteza/Documents/Dev/chromedriver.exe')
browser = webdriver.Chrome(service=s)
url='https://www.google.com'
browser.get(url)
Solution 5 - Python
Simplest option with Chrome auto-installer:
from selenium import webdriver
import chromedriver_autoinstaller
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
chromedriver_autoinstaller.install()
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service())
Solution 6 - Python
All the above answers refer to Chrome, adding the one for Firefox
Install:
pip install webdriver-manager
Code:
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service
from webdriver_manager.firefox import GeckoDriverManager
driver = webdriver.Firefox(service=Service(executable_path=GeckoDriverManager().install()))
Reference: https://github.com/SergeyPirogov/webdriver_manager/issues/262#issuecomment-955197860
Solution 7 - Python
if you are using any IDE like PyCharm install webdriver-manager package of that IDE as how do install for selenium package
Solution 8 - Python
You can create an instance of ChromeOptions, which has convenient methods for setting ChromeDriver-specific capabilities. You can then pass the ChromeOptions object into the ChromeDriver constructor:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addExtensions(new File("/path/to/extension.crx"));
ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
Since Selenium version 3.6.0, the ChromeOptions class in Java also implements the Capabilities interface, allowing you to specify other WebDriver capabilities not specific to ChromeDriver.
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
// Add the WebDriver proxy capability.
Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
proxy.setHttpProxy("myhttpproxy:3337");
options.setCapability("proxy", proxy);
// Add a ChromeDriver-specific capability.
options.addExtensions(new File("/path/to/extension.crx"));
ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
Solution 9 - Python
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
service_obj = Service("WebDrivers_path\chromedriver.exe")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service_obj)
driver.get("https://www.google.com")