Webdriver Package
The Chrome Driver Downloader is a Python module that simplifies the process of creating a Selenium webdriver for the Google Chrome browser.
It checks if the current version of the Chrome browser is compatible with the installed chromedriver and downloads a new version if necessary.
Installation
To install the module, run the following command:
pip install chrome-driver-exe-updateUsage
The module can be used with command line arguments or by importing it in a Python script. Here are some examples:
Command line
To run the module from the command line, use the following command:
python -m chrome-driver-exe-update -d [DOWNLOADS_PATH] -h [HEADLESS] -e [DRIVER_EXECUTABLE_PATH] -s [SOFTWARE_DIR] -t [DOWNLOADS_TYPE]where:
- [DOWNLOADS_PATH] is the path where downloaded files will be saved
- [HEADLESS] is a boolean indicating whether to run the browser in headless mode
- [DRIVER_EXECUTABLE_PATH] is the path to the chromedriver executable (optional)
- [SOFTWARE_DIR] is the path where Chrome is installed (optional)
- [DOWNLOADS_TYPE] is the type of file to be downloaded (optional)
Python script
To use the module in a Python script, import it and create an instance of the ChromeDriver class, passing the required arguments:
from chrome_driver_exe_update.chrome_driver import ChromeDriver
downloads_path = "[DOWNLOADS_PATH]"
headless = "[HEADLESS]"
driver_executable = "[DRIVER_EXECUTABLE_PATH]"
software_dir = "[SOFTWARE_DIR]"
downloads_type = "[DOWNLOADS_TYPE]"
driver = ChromeDriver(downloads_path, headless, driver_executable, software_dir, downloads_type)
driver.create_driver()License
The Chrome Driver Downloader is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.
Change Log
- 0.1.0
- Change: Start production.
- 0.1.9
- Change: Download a new version of chromedriver if current oudated.
- 0.2.0
- Change: Refactor code to add upload package to pypi
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