Python 3.5 - "Geckodriver Executable Needs to Be in Path"

Selenium using Python - Geckodriver executable needs to be in PATH

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

First of all you will need to download latest executable geckodriver from here to run latest Firefox using Selenium

Actually, the Selenium client bindings tries to locate the geckodriver executable from the system PATH. You will need to add the directory containing the executable to the system path.

• On Unix systems you can do the following to append it to your system’s search path, if you’re using a Bash-compatible shell:

    export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/directory/of/executable/downloaded/in/previous/step
  

• On Windows you will need to update the Path system variable to add the full directory path to the executable geckodriver manually or command line** (don't forget to restart your system after adding executable geckodriver into system PATH to take effect)**. The principle is the same as on Unix.

Now you can run your code same as you're doing as below :-

from selenium import webdriver

browser = webdriver.Firefox()

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Expected browser binary location, but unable to find binary in default location, no 'moz:firefoxOptions.binary' capability provided, and no binary flag set on the command line

The exception clearly states you have installed Firefox some other location while Selenium is trying to find Firefox and launch from the default location, but it couldn't find it. You need to provide explicitly Firefox installed binary location to launch Firefox as below :-

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary

binary = FirefoxBinary('path/to/installed firefox binary')
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary=binary)

https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases

For Windows:

Download the file from GitHub, extract it, and paste it in Python file. It worked for me.

https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases

For me, my path path is:

C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39

Selenium in Python on Mac - Geckodriver executable needs to be in PATH

SOLVED: I placed the geckodriver exe in /Users/sethkillian/anaconda/bin and now it works from Spyder with no problem. Thanks for the help!

Path issues with Selenium and Geckodriver

I had the same error I figured it out, here are the steps:

Mac:

1. Download geckodriver for MacOS from the following link:

   https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases

2. Go to Terminal and type the following command to know the path of Python:

   echo $PATH
   

   Generally the path will be /usr/local/bin.

3. Copy the geckodriver from the downloads folder to the path that you obtained in step 2. Use the following command:

   cp downloads /usr/local/bin 
   

Note: Sometimes while doing step 3, you may get a permission denied error, To resolve this error you should use sudo in front of the command like so:

sudo cp downloads /usr/local/bin

You'll have to type your account password after that. FYI, sudo makes you run the commands as administrator.

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