Selenium doesn't open the specified URL and shows data:,

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I am trying to open the URL using selenium in chrome. I have chromedriver available with me.

following is the code I want to execute.

from selenium import webdriver

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-infobars")

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="./chromedriver", chrome_options=chrome_options)
driver.get("https://google.com")

The browser is opened successfully but it doesn’t open the specified URL. The URL in the browser is data:,.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Please!

Please see the attached image.

Note: Selenium version : 3.14.0

I get the following error on closing the chrome tab.

File "test.py", line 6, in <module>
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="./chromedriver", chrome_options=chrome_options)
  File "/home/speedious/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 75, in __init__
    desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
  File "/home/speedious/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 156, in __init__
    self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
  File "/home/speedious/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 251, in start_session
    response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
  File "/home/speedious/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 320, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/home/speedious/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited normally
  (chrome not reachable)
  (The process started from chrome location /usr/bin/google-chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.42.591071 (0b695ff80972cc1a65a5cd643186d2ae582cd4ac),platform=Linux 4.10.0-37-generic x86_64)

Asked By: Reyansh Kharga

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Answer 1

This error message…

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited normally
  (chrome not reachable)
  (The process started from chrome location /usr/bin/google-chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)

…implies that the ChromeDriver instance was unable to start the Chrome Browser process.

Your main issue is the google-chrome is no longer present at the expected default location of /usr/bin/

As per ChromeDriver – Requirements the server expects you to have Chrome installed in the default location for each system:

¹ For Linux systems, the ChromeDriver expects /usr/bin/google-chrome to be a symlink to the actual Chrome binary. You can also override the Chrome binary location as follows:

A Windows OS based example:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

options = Options()
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
options.binary_location("C:\path\to\chrome.exe")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:pathtochromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
driver.get('http://google.com/')

Additional Considerations

Upgrade ChromeDriver to current ChromeDriver v2.42 level.
Keep Chrome version between Chrome v68-70 levels. (as per ChromeDriver v2.42 release notes)
Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
If your base Web Client version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client.
Execute your @Test.

Answered By: undetected Selenium

Answer 2

I found another reason for this behavior, which I don’t see listed here. I believe Selenium libraries require Chrome Developer Tools to not be disabled. I was running into this issue and getting this regkey set got me past it.

Key – HKLMSoftwarePoliciesGoogleChrome
DWORD – DeveloperToolsDisabled
Value – 0

Answered By: Spevin

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