chromedriver

library2.24.1pypypiunverified

A simple tool for downloading and managing chromedriver binaries for Selenium. It automates downloading the correct version for your Chrome browser. Current version: 2.24.1. Released sporadically; no active maintenance since 2020.

testing devops

pip install chromedriver

package ↗

INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · CHROMEDRIVER

chromedriver

testingpythonv2.24.1

harness data pending

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

No compatibility data collected yet for this library.

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

ChromeDriverManager

✓ from chromedriver import ChromeDriverManager

✗ from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

Quickstart using webdriver-manager (recommended replacement) to download chromedriver automatically.

from selenium import webdriver from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install()) driver.get('https://www.google.com') print(driver.title) driver.quit()

chromedriver --version

Debug

Known issues

deprecatedThe 'chromedriver' library is no longer maintained. Use 'webdriver-manager' instead.

fix

pip install webdriver-manager

affects: all

breakingThis library downloads chromedriver to a fixed path, which may cause permission errors if run without admin rights.

fix

Use webdriver-manager which handles permissions correctly.

affects: all

gotchaThe library does not automatically update chromedriver for new Chrome versions. You must manually run the tool again.

fix

Migrate to webdriver-manager which caches and auto-updates.

affects: all

Upgrade

Version history

2.24.1latest on PyPI · released Oct 11, 2016

Audit

Dependencies

seleniumrequiredRequired for browser automation using chromedriver.

Agent activity

23 hits · last 30 days

node

OpenAI (training)

Resources

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/chromedriver/ ↗