How to set path chrome driver in robot framework?

Question

Now, I set path variable

path  : D:..;C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application
Chrome : C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chromedriver.exe

I can call open Chrome in command line.

But error when run in RIDE

FAIL : WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed (Driver info: chromedriver=2.13.307647 (5a7d0541ebc58e69994a6fb2ed930f45261f3c29),platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86)

Answer 1

You need chromeDriver not Chrome. Start by downloading the chrome driver.

https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads

Put it somewhere that your test can access (for example a bin folder relative to your tests).

Now you need to set the environment variable to point the chrome driver.

You can do it from outside the test (for example, as a global setting for your desktop), or from your test setup.

From outside the test

Just set the environment variable webdriver.chrome.driver to point the executable.

(Control Panel -> System -> Edit the system environment variables)

From inside the test

If you're using jython, you need to create a small java library to do that for you

public void setSystemProperty(String key, String value) {
    System.getProperties().setProperty(key,value);
}

And use it from your test

Prepare Selenium Driver
  Set System Property  webdriver.chrome.driver    ${EXECDIR}/chromedriver.exe

If you're using Python, you can use the OperatingSystem library

*** Settings ***
Library  OperatingSystem
Suite Setup  Setup chromedriver
*** Keywords ****
Setup chromedriver
  Set Environment Variable  webdriver.chrome.driver  ${EXECDIR}/chromedriver.exe