Sometimes, we want to fix WebDriverException:Chrome failed to start: crashed error with Python Selenium
In this article, we’ll look at how to fix WebDriverException:Chrome failed to start: crashed error with Python Selenium.
How to fix WebDriverException:Chrome failed to start: crashed error with Python Selenium?
To fix WebDriverException:Chrome failed to start: crashed error with Python Selenium, we set the location of the Chrome binary.
For instance, we write
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = Options()
options.binary_location = "C:\\path\\to\\chrome.exe"
options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\path\to\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get('http://example.com/')
to set options.binary to the path of the Chrome binary.
We start Chrome maximized with
options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
And then we disable Chrome sandbox with
options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
We stop Selenium from being detected with
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
Then we create specify the Chrome path again when we create the driver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\path\to\chromedriver.exe')
