No chrome Binary at the given path - MacOS - Selenium - Python

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I just started to work with selenium web driver with chromedrivers. I am using MacOS and When I try to set the path for the chrome browser as a binary path I always face the same error saying no chrome binary at so and so path given.

import os  
from selenium import webdriver  
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options  
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

chrome_options = Options()

chrome_options.binary_location = "/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome"

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = os.path.abspath("drivers/chromedriver") , chrome_options = chrome_options)

The given path in chrome_options.binary_location is correct and that is where I find my chrome browser. I also have included my chromedriver inside the project folder itself

/Applications/Codes/Selenium/seleniumproject/ChromeBinary.py:11: DeprecationWarning: use options instead of chrome_options
  driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = os.path.abspath("drivers/chromedriver") , chrome_options = chrome_options)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/Codes/Selenium/seleniumproject/ChromeBinary.py", line 11, in <module>
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = os.path.abspath("drivers/chromedriver") , chrome_options = chrome_options)
  File "/Users/apple/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 81, in __init__
    desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
  File "/Users/apple/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 157, in __init__
    self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
  File "/Users/apple/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session
    response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
  File "/Users/apple/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/Users/apple/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: no chrome binary at /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome

Mohamed Imran · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-23 06:05:34Z

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This resolved the issue

chrome_options.binary_location = "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"

answered Jul 23, 2020 at 6:05

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myworldbox Over a year ago

genius bro, remember no need to escape with '\' key for blank space guys

Pygirl · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-23 06:38:45Z

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Not related to question. But you can avoid using giving path to chrome driver.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

# chrome_options = Options()
# chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())#, chrome_options=chrome_options)
driver.set_window_size(1024, 600)
driver.maximize_window()

webdriver_manager can be installed using pip install webdriver_manager

answered Jul 23, 2020 at 6:38

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yogev · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-23 06:15:13Z

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the binary path provided '/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome' is not a valid path

try placing r'/Applications/Google/Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google/Chrome' instead.

answered Jul 23, 2020 at 6:15

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Justin Lambert · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-23 07:11:46Z

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Your path is not valid , you are using both forward slashes and backward slashes

answered Jul 23, 2020 at 7:11

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