selenium.webdriver.chrome.service

Classes

Service([executable_path, port, ...])

A Service class that is responsible for the starting and stopping of chromedriver.
class selenium.webdriver.chrome.service.Service(executable_path=None, port: int = 0, service_args: List[str] | None = None, log_output: int | str | IO[Any] | None = None, env: Mapping[str, str] | None = None, **kwargs)[source]

A Service class that is responsible for the starting and stopping of chromedriver.

Parameters:

  • executable_path – install path of the chromedriver executable, defaults to chromedriver.

  • port – Port for the service to run on, defaults to 0 where the operating system will decide.

  • service_args – (Optional) List of args to be passed to the subprocess when launching the executable.

  • log_output – (Optional) int representation of STDOUT/DEVNULL, any IO instance or String path to file.

  • env – (Optional) Mapping of environment variables for the new process, defaults to os.environ.

assert_process_still_running() → None[source]

Check if the underlying process is still running.

command_line_args() → List[str]

A List of program arguments (excluding the executable).

env_path() → str | None[source]
is_connectable() → bool[source]

Establishes a socket connection to determine if the service running on the port is accessible.

property path: str
send_remote_shutdown_command() → None[source]

Dispatch an HTTP request to the shutdown endpoint for the service in an attempt to stop it.

property service_url: str

Gets the url of the Service.

start() → None[source]

Starts the Service.

Exceptions:

  • WebDriverException : Raised either when it can’t start the service or when it can’t connect to the service

stop() → None[source]

Stops the service.