chromedriver

2.24.1 verified Sat May 09 auth: no python deprecated

A simple tool for downloading and managing chromedriver binaries for Selenium. It automates downloading the correct version for your Chrome browser. Current version: 2.24.1. Released sporadically; no active maintenance since 2020.

pip install chromedriver

Common errors

error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chromedriver' ↓

cause Installed the wrong package? The correct import is from webdriver_manager.

fix

Use 'from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager' after installing webdriver-manager.

error ImportError: cannot import name 'ChromeDriverManager' from 'chromedriver' ↓

cause The 'chromedriver' package does not export ChromeDriverManager.

fix

Install and import from webdriver-manager: pip install webdriver-manager, then from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager.

Warnings

deprecated The 'chromedriver' library is no longer maintained. Use 'webdriver-manager' instead. ↓

fix pip install webdriver-manager

breaking This library downloads chromedriver to a fixed path, which may cause permission errors if run without admin rights. ↓

fix Use webdriver-manager which handles permissions correctly.

gotcha The library does not automatically update chromedriver for new Chrome versions. You must manually run the tool again. ↓

fix Migrate to webdriver-manager which caches and auto-updates.

Imports

ChromeDriverManager

wrong

from chromedriver import ChromeDriverManager

correct

from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

This library is deprecated; use webdriver-manager instead.

Quickstart

Quickstart using webdriver-manager (recommended replacement) to download chromedriver automatically.

from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager

driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver.get('https://www.google.com')
print(driver.title)
driver.quit()