After executing selenium python code google chrome closes automatically

Question

This code runs without any error but it automatically closes the google chrome after searching w3school

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

def google():
    driver.get("https://www.google.com")
    driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="tsf"]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div[2]/input').send_keys('w3school')
    driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="tsf"]/div[2]/div[1]/div[3]/center/input[1]').send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

google()

Lumpfish

Does this answer your question? Python selenium keep browser open – Spinous

Can't reproduce. Is that the exact code? do you have driver.close()/driver.quit() somewhere? – Limpet

Are you waiting for the last action to complete (and then presumably asserting on a condition)? – Cyclograph

Answer 1

Try the experimental options provided in the webdriver like so:

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path="path/to/executable")

Caveat: This does leave chrome tabs open and detached, which you will have to manually close afterwards

Bicorn

Answer 2

you must open a browser instance outside the function so it will remain open after executing the codes inside the function

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.google.com")    

def google():
    driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="tsf"]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div[2]/input').send_keys('w3school')
    driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="tsf"]/div[2]/div[1]/div[3]/center/input[1]').send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

google()

Earthaearthborn

Answer 3

Because "driver" variable is local variable in your function, so when the function have done, the "driver" variable will be remove and then the browser close automatically.

=> Solution is you set "driver" is global variable in your program.

Interpretation

Answer 4

I use the chromedriver to open chrome.

1. download the chrome driver based on your chrome version.
2. unzip the chrome driver to the below path in your C drive.
3. Then use the below code to open the chrome webpage.

chromepath = 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chromedriver.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromepath)

Pessimism

Answer 5

in my case the version of chrome driver needed to be replaced by currenct version of my chrome.

Giule

Answer 6

Using Edge, i didn't find the option "executable_path" to follow the steps Prithu Srinivas gave, but using the code below, the window stoped closing automatically:

options = webdriver.EdgeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option("detach", True)

browser = webdriver.Edge(options=options, keep_alive=True)

The same goes if i don't use the argument "keep_alive=True".

Handhold