How do I retrieve the version of Selenium currently installed, from Python?

Question

How can I programmatically get the version of Selenium I have installed in my Python environment?

Butterfingers

Answer 1

As simply as

>>> import selenium
>>> selenium.__version__
'2.37.2'

or for command line:

$ python -c "import selenium; print(selenium.__version__)"
2.37.2

Ezana

Thanks! For some reason I couldn't craft a Google query that would unearth the answer. – Butterfingers

@nemesys That was an easy too, google.com/search?q=python+module+version :) – Ezana

Answer 2

Try using pip show selenium. That worked for me.

Fathead

Honestly, this is simpler than the accepted solution. Cheers! – Malmo

Answer 3

You can try:

1. pip list

2. conda list

Or for example on Mac:

3. brew list

And then check if and what version is in your installed package list.

For Conda, you might have different environments. Change it by conda activate myenv, where myenv is the name of your second or more test environments.

Muscovado

Answer 4

Please use the below command to see the version of the libraries that would have been installed using 'pip':

pip freeze

It will list all the used libraries with their versions.

Deputize

What pip freeze is and where for used is explained here at another SO question. – Muscovado

Answer 5

There are 2 methods to retrieve it

1. Using the command line in command prompt

pip show selenium

2. Run a python file

import selenium

print("Selenium version:", selenium.__version__)

Spinode

Answer 6

Download pip to Anaconda and then pip install selenium through the Anaconda prompt.

Alumna

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Is some of this a (literal) command line? – Inertia