AttributeError: module 'selenium.webdriver' has no attribute 'webdriver'

Question

I've installed Selenium correctly as well as the Chromium webdriver for Selenium, and I keep getting the following error:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Turtle/PycharmProjects/SpotifyWebscraper/seleniumTest.py", line 3, in <module>
    driver = webdriver.chrome()
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Here is my code:

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.chrome()
driver.get("htts://www.google.com")

print(driver.title)
print(driver.current_url)

driver.quit

I've checked in the folders correctly and the files seem to be in the right positions:

C:\Users\Turtle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Lib\site-packages\selenium-4.0.0a3-py3.8.egg\selenium\webdriver\chromium

contains file webdriver.py.

markwalker_ · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-27 01:11:20Z

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If you look at the way Selenium imports the various flavours of webdriver to selenium.webdriver you can see that the import you want is Chrome

from .firefox.webdriver import WebDriver as Firefox  # noqa
from .chrome.webdriver import WebDriver as Chrome  # noqa

So you would do driver = webdriver.Chrome() or if you want Firefox, webdriver.Firefox()

By doing webdriver.chrome() you're importing & calling the actual chrome module

In terms of your new error, you need to download the chromedriver executable and make sure it's in a folder which is available to python (included in your PATH). You can download chromedriver here; https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads

edited Jan 27, 2020 at 1:11

answered Jan 27, 2020 at 1:01

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Thomas Scheer Over a year ago

another commenter noticed this. I have thus fixed the code but now i'm getting a whole different slew of errors: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/526891145733603339/…

markwalker_ Over a year ago

@ThomasScheer you actually need to download chromedriver. I've added a link to my answer.

Thomas Scheer Over a year ago

yes, I have already downloaded the chromedriver thank you. I have also created a path to it but the error persists. here is proof: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/526891145733603339/…

markwalker_ Over a year ago

@ThomasScheer The python3.8 path which you've got selenium installed to isn't listed in those paths. Perhaps that's your issue. If you need further reading on windows path then check this; computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm

Thomas Scheer Over a year ago

I just remembered that I updated my python and didn't reset the path. this was the answer. Thanks Mark. this has me a lot of headaches

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2023-09-06 16:26:30Z

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The error in your title is different than the one in your post.

TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

chrome should be capitalized in webdriver.chrome():

driver = webdriver.Chrome() # .Chrome(), not .chrome()

edited Sep 6, 2023 at 16:26

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answered Jan 27, 2020 at 0:55

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Thomas Scheer Over a year ago

I see. I capitalized the driver and now i'm getting a whole new slew of error.

Thomas Scheer Over a year ago

cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/526891145733603339/…

Ismael Padilla Over a year ago

Looks like you're missing the chromedriver chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads

Thomas Scheer Over a year ago

hi Ismael, I am positive that I am not missing the chromedriver. thank you for your input, however.

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