How to fix unexpected keyword ‘executable_path’ error

How to fix unexpected keyword ‘executable_path’

The following is the error trace. Let’s understand the error and learn how to fix this error in Python automation scripts.

Error trace:

TypeError: WebDriver.__init__() got an unexpected
keyword argument ‘executable_path‘

 

Example

For example, the following Python Selenium test code will throw this particular

error:

# Python Selenium Script
# Python Selenium Tutorials
# www.TestingDocs.com 

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
import unittest

class login(unittest.TestCase):
 def setUp(self):
 self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='
D:\chromedriver.exe')
 self.base_url = "https://www.google.com"
 
 def test_example(self):
 driver = self.driver
 driver.get(self.base_url)
 driver.find_element(By.NAME,"q").send_keys("test")
 
 def tearDown(self):
 self.driver.quit()
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
 unittest.main() 

Fix

This error occurs because of the webdriver.Chrome class in Selenium no longer accepts the executable_path argument in its initializer. Instead, you should use the webdriver.Chrome with the Service object to specify the path to the ChromeDriver executable.

fixed code:

self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()