py-chromedriver-autoinstaller

This repository is a fork of python-chromedriver-autoinstaller, renamed to py-chromedriver-autoinstaller. It improves upon the original by fixing issues with detecting Chrome versions on Windows and introducing a new function to retrieve the download URL for Chromedriver.

Key Updates

• Fixed: Detection of Chrome versions on Windows.
• New Feature: Added the get_driver_url function.

get_driver_url Function

This function retrieves the download URL for Chromedriver without performing the actual download. It serves as an alternative to the existing download_chromedriver function.

def get_download_url(path: Optional[AnyStr] = None, no_ssl: bool = False):

Installation

pip install py-chromedriver-autoinstaller

Usage

Import py-chromedriver-autoinstaller to automatically handle Chromedriver installation or fetch the driver URL.

Example: Auto-Installation

from selenium import webdriver
import py_chromedriver_installer  

py_chromedriver_installer.install()  # Automatically downloads the correct version of Chromedriver,
                                     # then adds it to PATH.

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("http://www.python.org")
assert "Python" in driver.title

Example: Get Chromedriver Download URL

from py_chromedriver_installer import get_driver_url  

url = get_driver_url()  # Retrieves the Chromedriver download URL for the current Chrome version.
print("Chromedriver download URL:", url)

Authors & Contributors

• Farhan Ali <i.farhanali.dev@gmail.com>
  Added new features and updates to improve functionality.
• CHIDA <iam.yeongbin.jo@gmail.com>
• shawnCaza <theshawn@gmail.com>