# chromedriver-binary
Downloads and installs the [chromedriver](https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/) binary version 88.0.4324.27 for automated testing of webapps. The installer supports Linux, MacOS and Windows operating systems.
Alternatively the package [chromedriver-binary-auto](https://pypi.org/project/chromedriver-binary-auto/) can be used to automatically detect the latest chromedriver version required for the installed Chrome/Chromium browser.
## Installation
### Latest and fixed versions
#### From PyPI
```
pip install chromedriver-binary
```
#### From GitHub
```
pip install git+https://github.com/danielkaiser/python-chromedriver-binary.git
```
### Automatically detected versions
Please make sure to install Chrome or Chromium first and add the browser to the binary search path.
#### From PyPI
```
pip install chromedriver-binary-auto
```
To redetect the required version and install the newest suitable chromedriver after the first installation simply reinstall the package using
```
pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall chromedriver-binary-auto
```
#### From GitHub
```
pip install git+https://github.com/danielkaiser/python-chromedriver-binary.git#chromedriver-binary-auto
```
If the installed chromedriver version does not match your browser's version please try to [empty pip's cache](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/cli/pip_cache/) or disable the cache during (re-)installation.
## Usage
To use chromedriver just `import chromedriver_binary`. This will add the executable to your PATH so it will be found. You can also get the absolute filename of the binary with `chromedriver_binary.chromedriver_filename`.
### Example
```
from selenium import webdriver
import chromedriver_binary # Adds chromedriver binary to path
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("http://www.python.org")
assert "Python" in driver.title
```
### Exporting chromedriver binary path
This package installs a small shell script `chromedriver-path` to easily set and export the PATH variable:
```
$ export PATH=$PATH:`chromedriver-path`
```
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