Set chrome browser binary through chromedriver in Python

Question

I used Selenium with Python Chrome webdriver. In my code I used:

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path = PATH_TO_WEBDRIVER)

to point the webdriver to the webdriver executable. Is there a way to point webdriver to the Chrome Browser binaries?

In https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/capabilities they have the following (which I assume it what I'm looking for):

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setBinary("/path/to/other/chrome/binary");

Anyone has an example for Python?

Corey Goldberg · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-02 22:40:40Z

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You can set Chrome Browser Binary location through ChromeDriver using Python ing the following different ways:

Using Options

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
options = Options()
options.binary_location = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path="C:/Utility/BrowserDrivers/chromedriver.exe", )
driver.get('http://google.com/')

Using DesiredCapabilities

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
cap = DesiredCapabilities.CHROME
cap = {'binary_location': "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"}
driver = webdriver.Chrome(desired_capabilities=cap, executable_path="C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\chromedriver.exe")
driver.get('http://google.com/')

Using Chrome as a Service

from selenium import webdriver
import selenium.webdriver.chrome.service as service
service = service.Service('C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\chromedriver.exe')
service.start()
capabilities = {'chrome.binary': "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"}
driver = webdriver.Remote(service.service_url, capabilities)
driver.get('http://www.google.com')

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user123 Over a year ago

Looks like in the right direction. I'm working on a mac.I tried downloading chrome browser binaries but the only thing I found was Chromium binaries and if I try using it the driver will error-out "No chrome binaries found". On the other hand, I tried moving chrome from: /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome and use it locally but then the driver just hangs.

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@user123 Get ChromeDriver from the right place https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver Thanks

user123 Over a year ago

I saw the binary_location in the ChromeOptions documentation so I accepted the answer. Now I'm still stuck with finding the right chrome executable for Mac.

user123 Over a year ago

I only see chromedriver downloads not the actual chrome browser

ontherocks Over a year ago

chrome_options is being deprecated, instead of chrome_options=options use options=options

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Corey Goldberg · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-02 22:41:29Z

Is there a way to point webdriver to the Chrome Browser binaries?

As others have already stated, use binary_location. However, the location of Chrome moves around depending on the the platform. Fedora and Ubuntu use different locations. So you may want to use something like:

def get_chrome():
    if os.path.isfile('/usr/bin/chromium-browser'):
        return '/usr/bin/chromium-browser'
    elif os.path.isfile('/usr/bin/chromium'):
        return '/usr/bin/chromium'
    elif os.path.isfile('/usr/bin/chrome'):
        return '/usr/bin/chrome'
    elif os.path.isfile('/usr/bin/google-chrome'):
        return '/usr/bin/google-chrome'
    else:
        return None

And then:

if version.parse(selenium.__version__) >= version.parse("3.0"):
    opts = Options()
    opts.binary_location = get_chrome()
    opts.add_argument('--headless')
    opts.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
    opts.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')

    driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=opts)
    driver.maximize_window()
else:
    opts = Options()
    opts.headless = True
    opts.binary_location = get_chrome()

    driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=opts)
    driver.maximize_window()

agent = driver.execute_script('return navigator.userAgent')

Corey Goldberg · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-02 22:42:05Z

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Thanks a lot I was struggling with this for 2.5 hours as I did not know how to set the Chrome Executable path in Python. Works now

options = Options()
options.binary_location = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path="C:/Utility/BrowserDrivers/chromedriver.exe", )

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Shubham Jain · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-04 07:36:33Z

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First of all if you want to use chrome then you need to download it's binary from below URL :-

https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/

Now you need to pass this driver path to the selenium webdriver.

If you are using python the code should be like below :-

    driver = webdriver.Chrome('C:\Users\name\Downloads\chromedriver_win32 (3)\chromedriver.exe')
    driver.implicitly_wait(30) # seconds
    driver.get('https://www.google.co.in/')

Hope it will help you :)

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user123 Over a year ago

Actually, it's not what I'm looking for. Chromedriver binaries and the Chrome browser binaries are two different things. For Chromedriver I already have a working code. I'm referring to Chrome browser binaries.

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