Null pointer exception Chrome Driver

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Null pointer exception.

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", System.getProperty("C:\\Users\\xxxxxx\\chromedriver_win32_2.1"));

ChromeDriver d1 = new ChromeDriver();

Hi All,

I am trying to automate ChromeDriver. But it is throwing this error. Can someone please help me?

"C:\\Users\\xxxxxx\\chromedriver_win32_2.1" didn't you forget the .exe part? Did you unpack the .zip archive? — Petr Janeček
– Petr Janeček, Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 19:48

Petr Janeček · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-19 19:56:26Z

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System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", System.getProperty("C:\\Users\\xxxxxx\\chromedriver_win32_2.1"));

This is flat-out wrong. It should be

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\xxxxxx\\chromedriver_win32_2.1\\chromedriver.exe");

Notice that I dropped the System.getProperty() call which did nothing (returned null) and I added \\chromedriver.exe to your path since you need to provide a full path with the exucutable included (and the downloaded .zip file unpacked).

answered Jul 19, 2013 at 19:56

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Phoenix · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-19 19:46:19Z

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It could be one of two things:

One of your setProperty arguments are null (either the key doesn't exist/typo, or the getProperty doesnt exist/typo
Your getProperty method is using only one argument, so the system is expecting this to be the key. I doubt your property key is going to be a full directory, so you'll need to use the double argument getProperty(key, value).

Source: Get/Set Property

answered Jul 19, 2013 at 19:46

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