WebDriverException: Message: ‘Geckodriver‘ executable may have wrong permissions.

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I get this error when I try to execute my first Selenium/python code.

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'Geckodriver' executable may have wrong permissions.

My code :

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary

if __name__ == '__main__':

    binary = FirefoxBinary('C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe')
    driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary=binary,
                               executable_path="C:\\Users\\mohammed.asif\\Geckodriver")


    driver=webdriver.Firefox()

    driver.get("www.google.com");

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edited Dec 14 '19 at 11:19

 

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asked Oct 11 '17 at 7:58

 

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  If you're on a linux system, use which geckodriver to find the path where the geckodriver executable is. Then use ll /path/to/geckodriver to show the permissions. You should have execution rights. If you don't, use chmod +x /path/to/geckodriver to give execution rights to all users. – con-- Oct 11 '17 at 8:17

• @con-- he is using windows, so I don't think suggested thing would work – Gaurang Shah Oct 11 '17 at 8:30

• can you try to put into some other driver other than c – Gaurang Shah Oct 11 '17 at 8:31

• @GaurangShah yes, I have tried keeping my Geckodriver in D drive. but still getting the same error. – Asif Oct 11 '17 at 9:02 

• showing binary is not firefox executable – DikShU Sep 23 '20 at 5:00

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Path for driver is not set correctly, you need to set path till the .exe as shown below

driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary=binary,
                               executable_path="C:\\Users\\mohammed.asif\\Geckodriver\\geckodriver.exe")



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answered Oct 11 '17 at 9:15

 

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• Thanks! but it leads me to the different kinda error selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Unable to find a matching set of capabilities – Asif Oct 11 '17 at 10:04 

• Check once whether this sample program run on your pc? from selenium import webdriver driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path='D:/Software/BrowsersDriver/GeckoDriver/geckodriver.exe')//set your path accordingl,y driver.get('google.com' – Shoaib Akhtar Oct 11 '17 at 10:15 

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make your geckodriver executable:

sudo chmod +x geckodriver



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answered Nov 11 '18 at 1:03

 

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While working with Selenium v3.6.0, geckodriver and Mozilla Firefox through Selenium-Python clients, you need to download the geckodriver.exe from the repository and place it anywhere with in your system and provide the reference of the geckodriver.exe through its absolute path while initializing the webdriver. Additionally if you are having multiple instances of Mozilla Firefox installed on your system, you can mention the absolute path of the intended firefox binary i.e. firefox.exe through Options() as follows:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options

if __name__ == '__main__':
    binary = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'
    options = Options()
    options.binary = binary
    browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_options=options, executable_path="C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\geckodriver.exe")
    browser.get('http://google.com/')
    browser.quit()



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answered Oct 11 '17 at 15:52

 

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First as per @shohib your are path is wrong, it is correct

driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary=binary,
                               executable_path="C:\\Users\\mohammed.asif\\Geckodriver\\geckodriver.exe")

For this error

error selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Unable to find a matching set of capabilities

You need to make correct combination of Firefox and Selenium Jars

Either update the firefox and selenium jars, I would suggest to use

Firefox 50-52 and Selenium 3.4.1