I have problems trying to implement package RSelenium on R. I already begin with the process, I downloaded selenium (selenium-server-standalone-3.5.3.jar) and Google Chrome's web driver (chromedriver.exe). I also included in the environment variables, in path, the location of both files and a variable to the java location.
Then, I begin whit code:
> require(RSelenium)
> remDr <- remoteDriver(browserName = "chrome")
> remDr$open()
This open the following window:
Later, when I try navegate some page I obtain the following error:
> remDr$navigate("http://www.la14.com")
Selenium message:unknown error: Runtime.executionContextCreated has invalid 'context': {"auxData":{"frameId":"8112.1","isDefault":true},"id":1,"name":"","origin":"://"}
(Session info: chrome=60.0.3112.113)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.9.248315,platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64)
Error: Summary: UnknownError
Detail: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command.
Further Details: run errorDetails method
I don't know if it is related with browser permissions. I will grateful with your help.
Your issue is that your are using a chromedriver that is too old. You are using 2.9 and latest one is 2.32.
Download the latest chromedriver from below link
https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=2.32/
And then replace the old one. This should work
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I am trying (for the first time) to scrape content from a dynamic webpage, for which RSelenium appears to be the go-to. I cannot however get past the first step of calling rsDriver.
My code:
rdriver <- rsDriver(browser = "chrome",
port = free_port(),
chromever = "109.0.5414.25")
The rsDriver() function started throwing an error every time I tried to open it
[1] "Connecting to remote server" Could not open chrome browser.
Client error message: Undefined error in httr call. httr output:
Failed to connect to localhost port 14415: Connection refused Check
server log for further details. Warning message: In rsDriver(browser =
"chrome", port = free_port(), chromever = "109.0.5414.25") : Could
not determine server status.`
Version:
R 4.2.2
Java(TM) SE Development Kit 19.0.2 (64 bit)
> binman::list_versions("chromedriver")
$win32
[1] "109.0.5414.25" "109.0.5414.74" "110.0.5481.30"
> binman::list_versions("seleniumserver")
$generic
[1] "3.141.59" "4.0.0-alpha-1" "4.0.0-alpha-2"`
Any recommendations are much appreciated.
I installed all the necessary programs from scratch.
I searched for help on the internet and couldn't find a solution
there is an outstanding issue with how the wdman package reads the latest versions of Chrome. This is causing issues for lots of users (examples here https://stackoverflow.com/a/75176907/15363011 and here https://github.com/ropensci/RSelenium/issues/264)
You can specify a version of Chrome before the issue took place and binman/wdman will download and start using it:
rdriver <- rsDriver(browser = "chrome",
port = free_port(),
chromever = "108.0.5359.71")
If you'd like to use the newest versions, the fix is to delete the LICENSE.chromedriver file found in the same directory as the driver. You can find out how to do that in the other issues that I linked. If you want to use the latest version of Chrome you will have to do this any time a new chrome driver is released.
I have been using RSelenium for years and have never had this issue. I recently updated my google chrome to the latest version available 110.0.5481.78. I am now getting the following error when I go to use rsDriver
require(RSelenium)
rD <- rsDriver(browser = "chrome",port = 9537L, chromever = "110.0.5481.77")
"> Could not open chrome browser.
> Client error message:
> Undefined error in httr call. httr output: Failed to connect to localhost port 9537: Connection refused
> Check server log for further details.
> Warning message:
> In rsDriver(browser = "chrome", port = 9537L, chromever = "110.0.5481.77") :
> Could not determine server status."
R Console
I have tried with different versions of chromever from binman::list_versions("chromedriver") as well as leaving rsDriver blank all together. In the past when chrome has updated it has been a very simple change to chromever and everything works perfectly. Not sure if or what has changed with this latest update.
Thanks in advance.
I just fixed this same problem by removing a file LICENSE.chromedriver as per this thread: https://github.com/ropensci/RSelenium/issues/264
Use
wdman::selenium(retcommand=T)
to find the file location of binman_chromedriver files.
Navigate to this file location, go to the driver version you're using and delete the LICENSE.chromedriver file. Mine worked immediately after this action, but note that I also tried downgading wdman version to 0.2.5 (I was on 0.2.6) first:
remotes::install_version('wdman',version = '0.2.5')
I'm not sure if it was both actions that fixed it or just the file delete!
I am using a Mac (OS 10.13.6) and am trying to learn how to use RSelenium.
I have installed RSelenium but am having trouble with the rsDriver command:
rD <- rsDriver(browser="chrome",chromever="80.0.3987.106")
I get this error:
Could not open chrome browser.
Client error message:
Undefined error in httr call. httr output: Failed to connect to localhost port 4567: Connection refused
Check server log for further details.
Warning message:
In rsDriver(browser = "chrome", chromever = "80.0.3987.106") :
Could not determine server status.
I've been poking around for help for a couple of days now but am not clear on the appropriate solution here. I've tried the command with chromever="latest" and following the suggested workaround found here: stackoverflow.com/questions/55201226/. Furthermore, I don't know where to find the "server log" mentioned in the error.
Having never used this package before, or done this type of thing, I can't tell if I just don't have things set up on my machine correctly (non-R requirements of RSelenium that I need to install and where), or whether this is strictly a chrome browser setting/verison issue, or generally mac compatibility issue.
Does anyone an updated (i.e. not involving the defunct checkForServer() command) set of steps (for absolute Selenium beginners) for getting RSelenium set up and rsDriver working on a mac?
After a lot of trials and errors, I managed to solve the same issue by installing
Java SE Development Kit 14 on my Mac.
I hope this solves your issue.
after a lot with struggle to get the docker running correctly, i have the following error when trying to use RSelenium:
Selenium message:The path to the driver executable must be set by the
webdriver.gecko.driver system property; for more information, see
https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver. The latest version can be downloaded
from https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
Error: Summary: UnknownError
Detail: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command.
class: java.lang.IllegalStateException
Further Details: run errorDetails method
The code is just:
remDr <- remoteDriver(remoteServerAddr = "localhost"
, port = 4444
, browserName = "firefox"
)
remDr$open()
And whe I try to see the page https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver, i get error 404. Anyone knows what is this about? Im using windows.
When I try to open the RSelenium I receive this error
[1] "Connecting to remote server"
Error: Summary: UnknownError
Detail: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command.
class: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.NotConnectedException
The version of Firefox I have is
Firefox version: 480b10
According to this I tried to update the server version
library("RSelenium")
startServer()
unlink(system.file("bin", package = "RSelenium"), recursive = T)
checkForServer(update = TRUE)
remDr <- remoteDriver()
Sys.sleep(5)
remDr$open()
Sys.sleep(5)
but the problem still exist. Does anyone face this problem? Any possible solution?
From Firefox 48 on-wards the gecko driver/ marionette will be needed to run Firefox with Selenium.
If you have Firefox 48 you can run the gecko driver as follows:
Refer to the guidelines
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Marionette/WebDriver
Download the relevant gecko driver from https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
Add it to your PATH or refer to the location when starting binary (see below)
# get beta selenium standalone
RSelenium::checkForServer(beta = TRUE)
# assume gecko driver is not in our path (assume windows and we downloaded to docs folder)
# if the driver is in your PATH the javaargs call is not needed
selServ <- RSelenium::startServer(javaargs = c("-Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=\"C:/Users/john/Documents/geckodriver.exe\""))
remDr <- remoteDriver(extraCapabilities = list(marionette = TRUE))
remDr$open()
....
....
remDr$close()
selServ$stop()
The above currently requires the dev version of RSelenium. Alternatively you can download the Selenium binary from http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html . Pick the 3.0 beta 2 binary to currently run with Firefox 48. Run the binary
java -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=C:/Users/john/Documents/geckodriver.exe -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.0.0-beta2.jar