IllegalStateException: The path to the chromedriver executable must be set by the webdriver.chrome.driver system property

[Robert]

I'm attempting to use the Chrome driver.  However, each time I try to start the driver with the code listed below, I get an IllegalStateException: The path to the chromedriver executable must be set by the webdriver.chrome.driver system property

What am I missing?


private WebDriver loadChromeDriver() throws MalformedURLException {

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "./src/test/resources/chromedriver");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
return new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://localhost:5555/wd/hub"), capabilities);

}

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

Robert,

My guess is, that the statement "System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "./src/test/resources/chromedriver");"

is probably not helping the webdriver resolve to an absolute path on your file system, from where the chromedriver could be fetched.

You could probably try this instead :

String path = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("chromedriver.exe").getPath();

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",path);

Hopefully that should work.

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

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