I cannot open chrome with webbrowser in python

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import webbrowser
chrome_path="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
webbrowser.get(chrome_path).open("youtube.com")

this is the code that I wrote and this gives an error that it could not locate a runnable browser

The path you need isn't for chrome.exe, you need to have chromedriver installed somewhere — will-hedges
– will-hedges, Commented Jun 4, 2022 at 14:01

imkar · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-04 14:08:46Z

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As i see from the documentation, you do not have to give full path to your browsers executable.

You can use:

import webbrowser
webbrowser.get('chrome').open("youtube.com")

documentation link: https://docs.python.org/3/library/webbrowser.html

answered Jun 4, 2022 at 14:08

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amd · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-04 16:25:38Z

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#Chnage this:

chrome_path="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"

#To:

chrome_path="C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe %s"

#OR:

chrome_path= r"C:\\Program Files(x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe %s"

PS - The modulo 's' is used to give a command line that will split it into name and args according to source code

edited Jun 4, 2022 at 16:25

answered Jun 4, 2022 at 14:09

amd

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amd Over a year ago

@S3DEV In the case of Windows, the path uses a UNIX-style path, so make the backslash into forwarding slashes. check this answer

amd Over a year ago

The modulo 's' is used to give a command line that will split it into name and args according to source code

amd Over a year ago

Okay done :) I did it

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