Summary of what I am trying to achieve: Use the selenium package in python within a JupyterLabs (cloud) environment.

Suspected Issue: I suspect the issue/ (or complication) is resulting from the JupyterLabs environment.

Why do I have to use JupyterLabs? My machine only allow me to run python via JupyterLabs

Below explains the code I tried. I feel like I am close but just overlooking something. Really appreciate any guidance. Thanks in advance!

I am using a machine which runs Python on JupyterLabs

pip install selenium
pip install webdriver_manager

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Options
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

service = Service(executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)
driver.get(";)

I receive the error: "cannot find Chrome binary"

I believe because this is JupyterLabs, it cannot read Chrome from my local Windows computer. So I downloaded the latest Win64 Chrome and drag and drop "chrome.exe" into my JupyterLabs file panel.

First, to ensure I am referencing the Chrome correctly, I checked the path.

import os
os.getcwd()

It returned: '/x1/jon'

Next, I added these 2 lines of code to the codes above:

options=Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.binary_location = '/x1/jon/chrome.exe'

And, I updated:

driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)

The final code is:

options=Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.binary_location = '/x1/jon/chrome.exe'

service = Service(executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)
driver.get(";)

Now, I get the error: "Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally"

Would really appreciate any help or pointers on this. Many many thanks!

The first step was to get ChromeDriver running, so I used

service = Service(executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install())

Next, since it is JupyterLabs, I think it cannot read my Chrome. So I downloaded a Win64 Chrome.

I dragged and drop the chrome.exe into JupyterLabs and reference it.

However, I am still running into an error.

Summary of what I am trying to achieve: Use the selenium package in python within a JupyterLabs (cloud) environment.

Suspected Issue: I suspect the issue/ (or complication) is resulting from the JupyterLabs environment.

Why do I have to use JupyterLabs? My machine only allow me to run python via JupyterLabs

Below explains the code I tried. I feel like I am close but just overlooking something. Really appreciate any guidance. Thanks in advance!

I am using a machine which runs Python on JupyterLabs

pip install selenium
pip install webdriver_manager

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Options
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

service = Service(executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service)
driver.get("https://quotes.toscrape")

I receive the error: "cannot find Chrome binary"

I believe because this is JupyterLabs, it cannot read Chrome from my local Windows computer. So I downloaded the latest Win64 Chrome and drag and drop "chrome.exe" into my JupyterLabs file panel.

First, to ensure I am referencing the Chrome correctly, I checked the path.

import os
os.getcwd()

It returned: '/x1/jon'

Next, I added these 2 lines of code to the codes above:

options=Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.binary_location = '/x1/jon/chrome.exe'

And, I updated:

driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)

The final code is:

options=Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.binary_location = '/x1/jon/chrome.exe'

service = Service(executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)
driver.get("https://quotes.toscrape")

Now, I get the error: "Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally"

Would really appreciate any help or pointers on this. Many many thanks!

The first step was to get ChromeDriver running, so I used

service = Service(executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install())

Next, since it is JupyterLabs, I think it cannot read my Chrome. So I downloaded a Win64 Chrome.

I dragged and drop the chrome.exe into JupyterLabs and reference it.

However, I am still running into an error.

• python
• selenium-webdriver
• selenium-chromedriver

• Could you please try correcting this line "from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Options" ? Correct line will be "from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options". Thank you. – Subir Chowdhury Commented Feb 11 at 3:08
• @SubirChowdhury -- Really appreciate your input. I corrected the line to the one you specified but it is still showing the same error: "Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally (The process started from chrome location /x1/jon/chrome.exe is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)" – learningstuff Commented Feb 11 at 15:30
• I tested the initial part of the code from your question using JupyterLab. After correcting this line, the first part of the code functions properly in my testing. – Subir Chowdhury Commented Feb 11 at 15:57
• mind sending me the code you tried? also, which 'chrome binary' did you download from googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing and dragged it into the jupyterlabs file panel? – learningstuff Commented Feb 11 at 17:02

1 Answer 1

In my testing both scripts are functional. First script (using the default chrome installation):

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

chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")

service = Service(executable_path=ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=chrome_options)

driver.get("https://quotes.toscrape")

print(driver.title)

driver.quit()

Second script:

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

options = Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')

options.binary_location = 'chrome/chrome.exe'  # Ensure this path is correct

service = Service(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)

driver.get("https://quotes.toscrape")
print(driver.title)

driver.quit()

For the second script, I downloaded the ChromeDriver from this link https://storage.googleapis/chrome-for-testing-public/133.0.6943.53/win64/chrome-win64.zip. My Chrome executable file is located at "chrome/chrome.exe".

When I attempted to add a slash before the file location, such as "/chrome/chrome.exe", I encountered the error:

"error: no chrome binary at /chrome/chrome.exe"

Therefore, I believe you should remove the leading slash from your executable file location ("/x1/jon/chrome.exe"). Additionally, I did not import the os module.

Or please make an effort using other drivers. I also attempted using geckodriver (firfox). To utlize geckodriver please download win64 version from here https://github/mozilla/geckodriver/releases. Below is the script:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options

options = Options()
options.add_argument('--headless')

custom_driver_path = r'D:\python\geckodriver.exe'

service = Service(executable_path=custom_driver_path)

driver = webdriver.Firefox(service=service, options=options)

driver.get("https://quotes.toscrape")

print(driver.title)

driver.quit()