Error in python selenium 3 Edge web driver

Question

I am a complete beginner to selenium and I wrote my first program just to connect to Google.

from selenium import webdriver
path = "C:\Users\Home\Documents\Python37-32\Scripts\Code\msedgedriver.exe"

driver = webdriver.Edge(path)

driver.get("https://google.com")

print(driver.title)"

My web driver version is 88.0.705.50 (Official build) (64-bit)

I use selenium 3 and I am getting this error while running the code. Also it is opening "data:," for a few seconds then opening Google. Lastly the browser doesn't stay open.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65869107/error-in-python-selenium-3-edge-web-driver

Answer 1

• Declare path on a separate line from the import statement

• Use raw string in path or double escapes

Code:

from selenium import webdriver
path = r"C:UsersHomeDocumentsPython37-32ScriptsCodemsedgedriver.exe"

driver = webdriver.Edge(path)
driver.get("https://google.com")
print(driver.title)