My PyPI installed package is unable to detect the chromedriver file

After creating a python package and publishing it in PyPI, I encountered an issue with the chromedriver selenium code. Despite adding the chromedriver file to the PyPI package folder and specifying the file path in the code as:

driver_path= Path.cwd() / "chromedriver"

When installing the package using pip install my-package, I faced the common error message:

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH.

To resolve this, I had to manually download and include the chromedriver in the package folder. Is there a more efficient method for automatically installing and configuring the chromedriver when my PyPI package is installed?

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Answer №1

Unfortunately, it is not feasible; your best course of action would be to provide detailed instructions to your user on installing Chrome and the chromedriver specific to their platform.

Answer №2

I have discovered the solution! The key is to include your python package in your own code and then retrieve the package path:

import Path
try:
            import my_pypi_package
            package_path=str(my_pypi_package.__path__).split("'")[1]
            driver_path= Path(package_path) / "chromedriver"
except:
            driver_path= Path.cwd() / "chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=driver_path, options=options)

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