NotADirectoryError: [WinError 267] The directory name is invalid error while invoking Firefox through Selenium Python

Question

I\'m trying to invoke a firefox browser using Selenium webdriver from below python code..

from selenium import webdriver

# Initializing the WebDriver for Firef         


        

Answer 1

You need to take care of a couple of things as follows :

• You need to pass the Key executable_path along with the Value referring to the absolute path of the GeckoDriver through single backslash i.e. \ along with the raw i.e. r switch as follows :

  from selenium import webdriver
  
  driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=r'C:\selenium\mozilla\geckodriver.exe')
  driver.set_page_load_timeout(30)
  driver.get("https://www.google.com/")
  driver.quit()
  

• Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.

• Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your Test Suite.
• 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.
• Take a System Reboot.
• Execute your @Test.