A tool for managing ChromeDriver downloads and updates

• Automatically downloads the latest stable version of ChromeDriver.
• Compares the local ChromeDriver version with the latest online version.
• Updates ChromeDriver to the latest version if necessary.
• Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

1. Python 3
2. Download Google Chrome
3. pip install selenium
4. Additional required packages listed in requirements.txt.

Clone this repository from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/competencytestlvl/webdriver_auto_update.git

Install the required package from PyPI:

pip install webdriver-auto-update

1. Navigate to the directory where you've cloned or downloaded the repository

2. Run the following example:

   from webdriver_auto_update.chrome_app_utils import ChromeAppUtils
   from webdriver_auto_update.webdriver_manager import WebDriverManager
   
   # Using ChromeAppUtils to inspect Chrome application version
   chrome_app_utils = ChromeAppUtils()
   chrome_app_version = chrome_app_utils.get_chrome_version()
   print("Chrome application version: ", chrome_app_version)
   
   # Target directory to store chromedriver
   driver_directory = "/path/to/driver/directory"
   
   # Create an instance of WebDriverManager
   driver_manager = WebDriverManager(driver_directory)
   
   # Call the main method to manage chromedriver
   driver_manager.main()
   

• The objective of this program is to reduce redundancy of searching and downloading the updated version of chrome driver to the OpenSource community.
• Intended to be used in Selenium projects, browser testing or web automation.

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or want to add new features, feel free to submit a pull request or reach out to me.