[🐛 Bug]: selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchDriverException: Message: Unable to obtain driver for chrome; For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/troubleshooting/errors/driver_location

[DendiYoker]

What happened?

Error

How can we reproduce the issue?

Chrome==126.0.6478.63
Selenium 4.22.0

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("http://selenium.dev")

Relevant log output

NFO:selenium:this is useful information
WARNING:selenium:this is a warning
DEBUG:selenium:this is detailed debug information
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Selenium Manager binary found at: C:\Users\DYPetrov_bank\PycharmProjects\LocalTest\VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Executing process: C:\Users\DYPetrov_bank\PycharmProjects\LocalTest\VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe --browser chrome --debug --language-binding python --output json
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Sending stats to Plausible: Props { browser: "chrome", browser_version: "", os: "windows", arch: "amd64", lang: "python", selenium_version: "4.22-nightly" }
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:chromedriver not found in PATH
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:chrome detected at C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Running command: wmic datafile where name='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe' get Version /value
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Output: "\r\r\n\r\r\nVersion=126.0.6478.63\r\r\n\r\r\n\r\r\n\r"
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Detected browser: chrome 126.0.6478.63
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Discovering versions from https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/known-good-versions-with-downloads.json

Operating System

Windows 10

Selenium version

4.22.0

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Chrome==126.0.6478.63

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

The driver was not downloaded separately

Are you using Selenium Grid?

Not

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[diemol]

Can you share the complete log?

[DendiYoker]

Hello.

INFO:selenium:this is useful information
WARNING:selenium:this is a warning
DEBUG:selenium:this is detailed debug information
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Selenium Manager binary found at: C:\Users\DYPetrov_bank\PycharmProjects\LocalTest\VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Executing process: C:\Users\DYPetrov_bank\PycharmProjects\LocalTest\VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe --browser chrome --debug --language-binding python --output json
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:chromedriver not found in PATH
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:chrome detected at C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Running command: wmic datafile where name='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe' get Version /value
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Output: "\r\r\n\r\r\nVersion=126.0.6478.63\r\r\n\r\r\n\r\r\n\r"
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Detected browser: chrome 126.0.6478.63
DEBUG:selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager:Discovering versions from https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/known-good-versions-with-downloads.json
FAILED
test.py:68 (test1)
self = <selenium.webdriver.common.driver_finder.DriverFinder object at 0x05F4FFB8>

    def _binary_paths(self) -> dict:
        if self._paths["driver_path"]:
            return self._paths

        browser = self._options.capabilities["browserName"]
        try:
            path = self._service.path
            if path:
                logger.debug(
                    "Skipping Selenium Manager; path to %s driver specified in Service class: %s", browser, path
                )
                if not Path(path).is_file():
                    raise ValueError(f"The path is not a valid file: {path}")
                self._paths["driver_path"] = path
            else:
>               output = SeleniumManager().binary_paths(self._to_args())

VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\driver_finder.py:67: 
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self = <selenium.webdriver.common.selenium_manager.SeleniumManager object at 0x05F97028>
args = ['C:\\Users\\DYPetrov_bank\\PycharmProjects\\LocalTest\\VENLOCAL\\lib\\site-packages\\selenium\\webdriver\\common\\windows\\selenium-manager.exe', '--browser', 'chrome', '--debug', '--language-binding', 'python', ...]

    def binary_paths(self, args: List) -> dict:
        """Determines the locations of the requested assets.

        :Args:
         - args: the commands to send to the selenium manager binary.
        :Returns: dictionary of assets and their path
        """

        args = [str(self._get_binary())] + args
        if logger.getEffectiveLevel() == logging.DEBUG:
            args.append("--debug")
        args.append("--language-binding")
        args.append("python")
        args.append("--output")
        args.append("json")

>       return self._run(args)

VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\selenium_manager.py:53: 
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args = ['\\VENLOCAL\\lib\\site-packages\\selenium\\webdriver\\common\\windows\\selenium-manager.exe', '--browser', 'chrome', '--debug', '--language-binding', 'python', ...]

    @staticmethod
    def _run(args: List[str]) -> dict:
        """Executes the Selenium Manager Binary.

        :Args:
         - args: the components of the command being executed.
        :Returns: The log string containing the driver location.
        """
        command = " ".join(args)
        logger.debug("Executing process: %s", command)
        try:
            if sys.platform == "win32":
                completed_proc = subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True, creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
            else:
                completed_proc = subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True)
            stdout = completed_proc.stdout.decode("utf-8").rstrip("\n")
            stderr = completed_proc.stderr.decode("utf-8").rstrip("\n")
            output = json.loads(stdout) if stdout != "" else {"logs": [], "result": {}}
        except Exception as err:
            raise WebDriverException(f"Unsuccessful command executed: {command}") from err

        SeleniumManager._process_logs(output["logs"])
        result = output["result"]
        if completed_proc.returncode:
>           raise WebDriverException(
                f"Unsuccessful command executed: {command}; code: {completed_proc.returncode}\n{result}\n{stderr}"
            )
E           selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Unsuccessful command executed: \VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe --browser chrome --debug --language-binding python --output json; code: 65
E           {'code': 65, 'message': 'error sending request for url (https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/known-good-versions-with-downloads.json)', 'driver_path': '', 'browser_path': ''}

VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\selenium_manager.py:118: WebDriverException

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

set_loger = None

    @allure.feature('pohykakto')
    @my_test('T1')
    def test1(set_loger):
        clear_reports_dir()
        with allure.step(f"{now()}: test_method"):
            Log('')
>           setup_browser()

test.py:75: 
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core\tools.py:27: in setup_browser
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py:45: in __init__
    super().__init__(
VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chromium\webdriver.py:50: in __init__
    if finder.get_browser_path():
VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\driver_finder.py:47: in get_browser_path
    return self._binary_paths()["browser_path"]
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self = <selenium.webdriver.common.driver_finder.DriverFinder object at 0x05F4FFB8>

    def _binary_paths(self) -> dict:
        if self._paths["driver_path"]:
            return self._paths

        browser = self._options.capabilities["browserName"]
        try:
            path = self._service.path
            if path:
                logger.debug(
                    "Skipping Selenium Manager; path to %s driver specified in Service class: %s", browser, path
                )
                if not Path(path).is_file():
                    raise ValueError(f"The path is not a valid file: {path}")
                self._paths["driver_path"] = path
            else:
                output = SeleniumManager().binary_paths(self._to_args())
                if Path(output["driver_path"]).is_file():
                    self._paths["driver_path"] = output["driver_path"]
                else:
                    raise ValueError(f'The driver path is not a valid file: {output["driver_path"]}')
                if Path(output["browser_path"]).is_file():
                    self._paths["browser_path"] = output["browser_path"]
                else:
                    raise ValueError(f'The browser path is not a valid file: {output["browser_path"]}')
        except Exception as err:
            msg = f"Unable to obtain driver for {browser}"
>           raise NoSuchDriverException(msg) from err
E           selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchDriverException: Message: Unable to obtain driver for chrome; For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/troubleshooting/errors/driver_location

VENLOCAL\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\driver_finder.py:78: NoSuchDriverException

[diemol]

Looks like you are behind a proxy, please check this toubleshooting section.

[DendiYoker]

Thank you. I'll try to set it up.