2016-07-30 17:38:13 8 Comments
I am trying to launch Mozilla but still I am getting this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.gecko.driver system property; for more information, see https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver. The latest version can be downloaded from https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
I am using Selenium 3.0.01
Beta version and Mozilla 45
. I have tried with Mozilla 47
too. but still the same thing.
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@chuha.billi 2017-11-08 10:59:02
Every Driver service in selenium calls the similar code(following is the firefox specific code) while creating the driver object
now for the driver that you want to use, you have to set the system property with the value of path to the driver executable.
for firefox GECKO_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY = "webdriver.gecko.driver" and this can be set before creating the driver object as below
@Ripon Al Wasim 2017-05-13 08:00:40
Selenium WebDriver Java code:
Download Gecko Driver from https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases based on your platform. Extract it in a location by your choice. Write the following code:
@Ripon Al Wasim 2017-05-13 08:01:50
Location may vary individual to individual. I extracted it on D drive
@Kanth25 2016-10-14 17:12:00
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@Saurabh Gaur 2016-07-30 17:53:02
The
Selenium
client bindings will try to locate thegeckodriver
executable from the systemPATH
. 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:
On Windows you need to update the Path system variable to add the full directory path to the executable. The principle is the same as on Unix.
All below configuration for launching latest firefox using any programming language binding is applicable for
Selenium2
to enable Marionette explicitly. With Selenium 3.0 and later, you shouldn't need to do anything to use Marionette, as it's enabled by default.To use Marionette in your tests you will need to update your desired capabilities to use it.
Java :
As exception is clearly saying you need to download latest
geckodriver.exe
from here and set downloadedgeckodriver.exe
path where it's exists in your computer as system property with with variablewebdriver.gecko.driver
before initiating marionette driver and launching firefox as below :-And for
Selenium3
use as :-If you're still in trouble follow this link as well which would help you to solving your problem
.NET :
Python :
Ruby :
JavaScript (Node.js) :
Using
RemoteWebDriver
If you want to use
RemoteWebDriver
in any language, this will allow you to useMarionette
inSelenium
Grid.Python:
Ruby :
Java :
.NET
Note : Just like the other drivers available to Selenium from other browser vendors, Mozilla has released now an executable that will run alongside the browser. Follow this for more details.
You can download latest geckodriver executable to support latest firefox from here
@Reema 2016-07-30 23:12:05
Thanks you so much. This works just perfect. But just for information, what is this geckodriver all about? I have been working with selenium for quite sometime and i didn't come across this before. But now i had just recently change my machine and got this error.
@Saurabh Gaur 2016-07-31 00:52:20
@Reema Just like the other drivers available to Selenium from other browser vendors, Mozilla has released now an executable that will run alongside the browser. Have alook for more details..developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Marionette/…
@Michal 2016-08-13 13:04:13
How to set path for geckodriver for all platforms? My Java app is built across different systems.
@Saurabh Gaur 2016-08-13 14:38:51
@Michal You need to set geckodriver location to your system PATH variable which valid for all platform...what is you OS??
@Thariq Nugrohotomo 2016-08-15 09:49:41
I decided to find another library that rarely make breaking changes like this. Seriously, after I updated the firefox or library, usually it will not works anymore. Even worse, the latest
geckodriver.exe
for windows only available for 64-bit system. It's time to say good bye to Selenium.@Saurabh Gaur 2016-08-15 15:47:56
@ThariqNugrohotomo Why is not works.. could you explain more??? Haw did you tried??
@8protons 2016-08-31 20:17:19
I'm really confused. "The Selenium client bindings will try to locate the geckodriver" Is WebDriver turning into Geckdriver? What's going on here?
@Saurabh Gaur 2016-08-31 23:00:43
@8protons Have a look here developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Marionette/… geckodriver provides by Mozilla, .. geckodriver implements WebDriver So selenium clients bindings try to locate geckodriver to support automation on latest firefox
@swathi 2016-10-14 01:39:15
Its not working for me.I am using .net I added the directory of the driver in the path but still the same issue.I migrated to selenium 3.0.Is there anything else I need to update?
@Saurabh Gaur 2016-10-14 03:05:29
@swathi Could you share how did you add the directory of the the path??
@swathi 2016-10-14 03:11:45
@SaurabhGaur able to solve it by getting the v0.11.1 version of gecko driver.. thank you :)
@Surabhil Sergy 2016-10-17 11:10:27
@SaurabhGaur Can you suggest the python alternative in this case to set a default download location.
profile = webdriver.firefox.firefox_profile.FirefoxProfile() profile.set_preference('browser.download.dir','D:\Downloads') driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile)
@Saurabh Gaur 2016-10-17 13:16:48
@SurabhilSergy Have a look here
@Surabhil Sergy 2016-10-17 13:46:29
@SaurabhGaur Thanks. I have seen this already. I was looking the marionette driver way for that? Similar question - looking for pythonic way
@Thufir 2017-07-09 22:29:59
where is the official documentation on this gecko thing and selenium?
@Saurabh Gaur 2017-07-10 11:17:17
@Thufir have a look here..