'Webdrivers' executable may have wrong permissions. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

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I\'ve looked around checked both documentations and have found no answer.

I\'ve been trying to use InstaPy a instagram api for python. After failing with multiple er

Answer 1

This error message...

WebDriverException: Message: 'Webdrivers' executable may have wrong permissions.

...implies that the ChromeDriver variant you are trying to use have wrong permissions.

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You seem to have tried out:

driver = webdriver.Chrome('C:\Webdrivers')  # Optional argument, if not specified will search system $PATH variable.

A few words:

• If your underlying os is windows:

  • You have to download chromedriver_win32.zip from the ChromeDriver Download Location and unzip it for usage.
  • Additionally, if you are explicitly specifying the Chromedriver binary path you have to append the binary extension as well, effectively i.e. chromedriver.exe.
  • While mentioning the Chromedriver binary path you have to either use the single forward slash i.e. (/) along with the raw (r) switch or you have to use the escaped backslash i.e. (\\).

  • So your effective line of code will be :

    driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:/path/to/chromedriver.exe')
    

• If your underlying os is linux:

  • You have to download chromedriver_linux64 from the ChromeDriver Download Location and untar it for usage.
  • Additionally, if you are explicitly specifying the Chromedriver binary path you don't have to provide any extension for the executable binary, effectively i.e. chromedriver.
  • While mentioning the Chromedriver binary path you have to use the single forward slash i.e. (/).

  • So your effective line of code will be :

    driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/path/to/chromedriver')
    

• If your underlying os is macos:

  • You have to download chromedriver_mac64 from the ChromeDriver Download Location and untar it for usage.
  • Additionally, if you are explicitly specifying the Chromedriver binary path you don't have to provide any extension for the executable binary, effectively i.e. chromedriver.
  • While mentioning the chromedriver binary path you have to use the single forward slash i.e. (/).

  • So your effective line of code will be :

    driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/path/to/chromedriver')