Dockerfile with chromedriver

Dockerfile

# See https://codeship.com/documentation/docker/browser-testing/
FROM myapp:base

# We need wget to set up the PPA and xvfb to have a virtual screen and unzip to install the Chromedriver
RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip

# Set up the Chrome PPA
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

# Update the package list and install chrome
RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 2.19
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

# Download and install Chromedriver
RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

# Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

I adapted this to fetch the latest version of chrome driver appropriate for the chrome installation, rather than having a fixed value. Here's the snippet I use for installing:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROMEVER=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    DRIVERVER=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROMEVER") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$DRIVERVER/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /chromedriver

This works perfectly !!! 🚀
Thank you so much @JoaRiski

I need this code for GCP as app engine that automatically run the chrome driver as Docker . I put this code but still has error. what should I put the path for chrome driver?

@robertkhaldar I am having the same issue, I am able to run the dockerfile and I reference the path (/usr/local/bin/chromedriver) in webdriver.ChromeOptions(). I still receive a "Error: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/home" when executing in my function app.

uname -a local 21.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 17:33:24 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.41.5~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 arm64
my app FROM python:3.9
all code similar, but i get executor failed running [/bin/sh -c apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip]: exit code: 100 cause of missing apt-get update before
ok, thats fine and easy fixable, but i get Unable to locate package google-chrome-stable

---

upd
fixed that using --platform linux/x86_64

this works in my case, FROM python:3.9-slim-bullseye with Debian 11 and Python 3.9.9 and I'm using https://github.com/mherrmann/selenium-python-helium

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - &&  \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list && \
    apt-get update -qqy &&  \
    apt-get -qqy install \
      ${CHROME_VERSION:-google-chrome-stable} &&  \
    rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list &&  \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/*

ARG CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION
RUN if [ -z "$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION" ]; \
  then CHROME_MAJOR_VERSION=$(google-chrome --version | sed -E "s/.* ([0-9]+)(\.[0-9]+){3}.*/\1/") \
    && CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION=$(wget --no-verbose -O - "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_${CHROME_MAJOR_VERSION}"); \
  fi \
  && echo "Using chromedriver version: "$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION \
  && wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip \
  && rm -rf /opt/selenium/chromedriver \
  && unzip /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip -d /opt/selenium \
  && rm /tmp/chromedriver_linux64.zip \
  && mv /opt/selenium/chromedriver /opt/selenium/chromedriver-$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION \
  && chmod 755 /opt/selenium/chromedriver-$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION \
  && ln -fs /opt/selenium/chromedriver-$CHROME_DRIVER_VERSION /usr/bin/chromedriver

Guys, this works for me.

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

RUN apt-get update -y
# We need wget to set up the PPA and xvfb to have a virtual screen and unzip to install the Chromedriver
RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip
# Set up the Chrome PPA
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
# Update the package list and install chrome
RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable
# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 97.0.4692.71
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
# Download and install Chromedriver
RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
# Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

To achieve the proper Google Chrome/chromedriver combination, you'll want to heed the instructions on this page: https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads/version-selection

Basically, you'll want to get the latest Chrome and install it, then get the product version from that Chrome installation (google-chrome -product-version), use that version information to build the URL to get the correct chromedriver version information from chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com, allowing you to build the specific download URL for the correct chromedriver version.

@Amogh Katwe
did you get a solutionn ?!

Guys, this works for me.

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

RUN apt-get update -y
# We need wget to set up the PPA and xvfb to have a virtual screen and unzip to install the Chromedriver
RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip
# Set up the Chrome PPA
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
# Update the package list and install chrome
RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable
# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 97.0.4692.71
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
# Download and install Chromedriver
RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
# Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

@lane-eb Thank you

This ^^ approach will not work for the long term. If you were to install Google Chrome on most platforms today, your version would be 101.xxx.xxx.xxx -- a version 97 chromedriver won't work with today's Chrome without having to re-determine the chromedriver version and update the Dockerfile accordingly.

Currently, I do this:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/

It has worked consistently for several months over several Chrome updates.

This ^^ approach will not work for the long term. If you were to install Google Chrome on most platforms today, your version would be 101.xxx.xxx.xxx -- a version 97 chromedriver won't work with today's Chrome without having to re-determine the chromedriver version and update the Dockerfile accordingly.

Currently, I do this:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gnupg wget curl unzip --no-install-recommends && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | grep -o "[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*") && \
    CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/

It has worked consistently for several months over several Chrome updates.

Thank You @mnaumann-plenty, saved my day.

This is up to date version what worked for me with ruby container as it sets correct path with: /usr/local/bin/
Now in container chromedriver responds to: chromedriver -v
And updated it a bit https://gist.github.com/Faq/8821c5fd18dd01da4f80d7435158096d