python chromedriver download
# Python code that download latest chromedriver for windows
# and extract it to C:\
#
# For Linux version of the code just browser: chromedriver download python linux
# and the you found it
# Updated 2021-10-18 22:33
import os
import wget
import zipfile
import requests
# Change dir that fit your need C:\\ is just standard in this example
# Create the Chromedriver folder in C:/
dir = os.path.join("C:\\" , "Chromedriver")
if os.path.exists(dir):
os.mkdir(dir)
# Finds out the latest chromedriver version.
latest_release_url = 'https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE'
response = requests.get(latest_release_url)
version_number = response.text
print('\n')
print('\n')
# Create the Download link and Download it.
chromedriver_download_url = 'https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/' + version_number + '/chromedriver_win32.zip'
download_url = "https://Chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/" + version_number + "/Chromedriver_win32.zip"
print("=========================================================")
print("Downloading...latest version:""=",version_number,)
# Downloading chromedriver
print('\n')
dl_driver_zip_win = wget.download(chromedriver_download_url , "chromedriver_win32.zip")
print('\n')
# Extracting the zip file to C:\\
with zipfile.ZipFile(dl_driver_zip_win , 'r') as zip_ref:
zip_ref.extractall(dir)
os.remove(dl_driver_zip_win)
# Just give you the PATH to your Folder
print('\n')
print("All done... You can found the folder at:!" , dir)
print("=========================================================")
