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ahron
ahron

Reputation: 59

SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position using Selenium Python

from selenium import webdriver
from time import sleep
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
path = "C:\Program Files (x86)\chromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(path)
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User\Data")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options) 
sleep(1)
driver.get("https://web.whatsapp.com/")

I'm not sure what im doing wrong.

options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User\Data")
^ SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 16-17: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

if you can please help me i would appreciate it

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3708

Answers (4)

minTwin
minTwin

Reputation: 1395

Place the chromedriver in the C: directory like so: enter image description here

Change the following line of code:

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\\chromedriver.exe")

Or

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\FOLDER\chromedriver.exe')

If you want the chromedriver to load from a specify file path.

Upvotes: 0

undetected Selenium
undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193108

This error message...

options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User\Data") 
^ SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 16-17: truncated \UXXXXXXXX

...implies that there is a error in the line.

Ideally you need to replace the line:

options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User\Data")

With either of the following lines:

  • Using raw prefix i.e. r and single quotes (i.e. '...'):

    options.add_argument(r'user-data-dir=C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User\Data')

  • Using double quotes (i.e. "...") and escaping backslash character (i.e. \):

    options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User\\Data")

  • Using double quotes (i.e. "...") and forwardslash character (i.e. /):

    options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:/Users/Username/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User/Data")

References

You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussions in:

Upvotes: 1

Robin Skoge
Robin Skoge

Reputation: 25

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--disable-notifications")
options.add_argument("disable-infobars")
#path to your browser
options.binary_location = "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
#path to the binary files
chrome_driver_binary = r"/Users/name/Downloads/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_binary, options=options)
driver.get(https://www.web.whatsapp.com)
``

Upvotes: 0

lukachu03
lukachu03

Reputation: 1

I think I can give you some ideas. Maybe it will help you. I would suggest to save the session by adding to chrome a start-option. For this you will need to add an option like --user-data-dir You can use code from a place like this. Here you will find everything you need! -Whatsapp with Selenium in Python: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/whatsapp-using-python/. Before running your code close chrome, or else Selenium is going to reuse the browerser's current instance and you will not be able to run the option --user-data-dir . I hope this helps!

Upvotes: 0

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