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As I am still in the process of learning the basics of programming, I was uncertain about the relevance of the information provided in the other post, particularly since it pertained to the initial example of code in that section. Therefore, I believe it would be beneficial to present the exact code requested by the textbook along with an explanation of the error and key terms that can enhance the search engine ranking for individuals troubleshooting common issues in Automate the Boring Stuff with Python. By phrasing the question uniquely in this post, beginners using this book will have a better understanding that the error is due to outdated programming instructions.*
I also want to give credit to my friend Stef Verdonka for providing a simple and easy-to-understand solution.
Outdated Instructions in Automate the Boring Stuff with Python for Running Selenium Browser
Solution
*********Refer to Stef Verdonk's response.
Original Post
Being new to Python programming, I have been working through my first Python textbook - "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python". I have reached the web scraping section where I am instructed to access Firefox using Selenium. While I did find some resources online regarding the error message I encountered, I lack the necessary experience to implement a solution on my own. Below is the code snippet along with the resulting error message.
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
File "C:\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py", line 81, in __init__
self.binary, timeout)
File "C:\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\extension_connection.py", line 51, in __init__
self.binary.launch_browser(self.profile, timeout=timeout)
File "C:\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\firefox_binary.py", line 68, in launch_browser
self._wait_until_connectable(timeout=timeout)
File "C:\Python35-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\firefox_binary.py", line 98, in _wait_until_connectable
raise WebDriverException("The browser appears to have exited "
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: The browser appears to have exited before we could connect. If you specified a log_file in the FirefoxBinary constructor, check it for details.
It seems that my version of Firefox does not support Selenium as it had done in previous versions. You can refer to this link for more information: FirefoxDriver will stop working at version 47 of Firefox
That’s all the information I have for now. Any assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated, and I believe it would benefit many others if we could provide a straightforward solution to this commonly encountered problem. Apologies if this issue has already been discussed. I have gone through several questions here but haven't found a successful resolution.
I am using Python 3.5 on Windows 10.