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I've been trying to scrape some data off the web however all my attempts have failed so far. Below is my code

from selenium import webdriver
chromedriver = "/Applications/chromedriver"
os.environ["webdriver.chrome.driver"] = chromedriver
driver = driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver)

The error I keep getting is below:

SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 81

I've updated Selenium and my ChromeDriver file. I am currently using Chrome v84 as my browser. Also, I am on a Mac

Any help would be appreciated!

DebanjanB
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Erik j
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  • Does this answer your question? [session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 74 error with ChromeDriver Chrome using Selenium](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55201226/session-not-created-this-version-of-chromedriver-only-supports-chrome-version-7) – JaSON Jul 15 '20 at 07:23

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This error message...

SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 81

...implies that the ChromeDriver v81.0 was unable to initiate/spawn a new Browsing Context i.e. Chrome Browser session.

Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:

  • You are using chromedriver=81.0
  • Release Notes of chromedriver=81.0 clearly mentions the following :

Supports Chrome version 81

  • You are using the latest chrome=84.0
  • Release Notes of ChromeDriver v84.0 clearly mentions the following :

Supports Chrome version 84

So there is a clear mismatch between ChromeDriver v81.0 and the Chrome Browser v84.0

Solution

Ensure that:

DebanjanB
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  • If you read the whole question description you'd know the asker has already updated ChromeDriver, and that this solution of yours doesn't actually solve anything here. – Gerry Hernandez Jan 22 '21 at 22:34
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Chrome browser is updating time to time so you need to you exact chrome driver version accourding to your browser version .plese check your browser version by going to "About chrome" https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads in here you can download chrome driver versions

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