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

This is my current dockerfile

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
  fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
  libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0

RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
  wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
  unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
  wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
  unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
  chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

WORKDIR /app

COPY requirements.txt ./ 

RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

COPY . . 

WORKDIR /app/index/api 

CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]

@ikotun-dev

If you somehow have docker running directly on the M1 mac, you may run into compatibility issues with the other software the dockerfile is trying to use/obtain, even if you change all the chrome/chromedriver references to use mac-arm64. I didn't attempt it myself, and went with a VM.

If you are running through a VM, your dockerfile should match the architecture of the VM. I had trouble trying to use an arm64 linux VM and changing the dockerfile to match (there is not a "non mac" arm64 chrome/chromedriver), but did have success with an x86 VM on the M1 by installing lima. The dockerfile for linux64 mentioned here worked fine for that.

ankitarya1019

THIS WORKED FOR ME, THANKS SO MUCH! @ankitarya1019

This is my current Docker file:

FROM python:3.11-slim
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb curl unzip jq

RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0

RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

WORKDIR /app
COPY . /app

RUN pip install --default-timeout=200 -r requirements.txt
RUN python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

CMD uvicorn main:app --port=8080 --host=0.0.0.0

but this gives error:
start chrome An error occurred: Message: session not created: cannot connect to chrome at 127.0.0.1:37177 from session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 127 Current browser version is 126.0.6478.61 Stacktrace: #0 0x5bf739dfb6ba <unknown> #1 0x5bf739acb730 <unknown> #2 0x5bf739b0a2bc <unknown> #3 0x5bf739b09242 <unknown> #4 0x5bf739afeccc <unknown> #5 0x5bf739b49e88 <unknown> #6 0x5bf739b3d7f3 <unknown> #7 0x5bf739b0dec9 <unknown> #8 0x5bf739b0e91e <unknown> #9 0x5bf739dc19eb <unknown> #10 0x5bf739dc5972 <unknown> #11 0x5bf739daee15 <unknown> #12 0x5bf739dc6502 <unknown> #13 0x5bf739d93d2f <unknown> #14 0x5bf739dea578 <unknown> #15 0x5bf739dea750 <unknown> #16 0x5bf739dfa48c <unknown> #17 0x75e95f494ac3 <unknown>

Here is my working version, a slight different take incase it helps:

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq

# Install Google Chrome dependencies
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0


# Fetch the latest version numbers and URLs for Chrome and ChromeDriver
RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

# Clean upa
RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

# python dependencies
RUN pip install selenium

# Copy your Python script into the container
COPY test_chromedriver.py /opt/test_chromedriver.py

# Command to run the script
CMD ["python", "/opt/test_chromedriver.py"]

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
import time

def test_chromedriver_installation():
    # Setup Chrome options
    chrome_options = Options()
    chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # This is important for some versions of Chrome
    chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")  # This is recommended

    # Set path to Chrome binary
    chrome_options.binary_location = "/opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome"

    # Set path to ChromeDriver
    chrome_service = ChromeService(executable_path="/opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver")

    # Set up driver
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options)

    try:
        # URL to test
        driver.get("http://example.com")

        # Give the browser time to load all content.
        time.sleep(2)

        # Find element by tag
        element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "h1")

        # Print the text of the element
        print(element.text)

        # Check if the text is as expected
        assert "Example Domain" in element.text
        print("ChromeDriver is installed and working as expected.")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

    finally:
        # Close the browser
       # Close the browser
        driver.quit()

test_chromedriver_installation()

This is really good work, however update

Set up Chromedriver Environment variables

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

to:

Set up Chromedriver Environment variables

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR=/opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH=$CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

and it works.

Thank you so much @ankitarya1019

I get this error do you really need so many dependencies, i am using python:3.11.2-slim-bullseye as base:
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0
---> Running in ef18a231d6fa
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Package fonts-liberation is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Package libasound2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Package xdg-utils is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Unable to locate package libxss1
E: Unable to locate package libappindicator1
E: Unable to locate package libgconf-2-4
E: Package 'fonts-liberation' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'libasound2' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libnspr4
E: Unable to locate package libnss3
E: Unable to locate package libxtst6
E: Unable to locate package lsb-release
E: Package 'xdg-utils' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libgbm1
E: Unable to locate package libnss3
E: Unable to locate package libatk-bridge2.0-0
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libatk-bridge2.0-0'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libatk-bridge2.0-0'
E: Unable to locate package libgtk-3-0

Here is my working version, a slight different take incase it helps:

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq

# Install Google Chrome dependencies
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0


# Fetch the latest version numbers and URLs for Chrome and ChromeDriver
RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

# Clean upa
RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

# python dependencies
RUN pip install selenium

# Copy your Python script into the container
COPY test_chromedriver.py /opt/test_chromedriver.py

# Command to run the script
CMD ["python", "/opt/test_chromedriver.py"]

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
import time

def test_chromedriver_installation():
    # Setup Chrome options
    chrome_options = Options()
    chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # This is important for some versions of Chrome
    chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")  # This is recommended

    # Set path to Chrome binary
    chrome_options.binary_location = "/opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome"

    # Set path to ChromeDriver
    chrome_service = ChromeService(executable_path="/opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver")

    # Set up driver
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options)

    try:
        # URL to test
        driver.get("http://example.com")

        # Give the browser time to load all content.
        time.sleep(2)

        # Find element by tag
        element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "h1")

        # Print the text of the element
        print(element.text)

        # Check if the text is as expected
        assert "Example Domain" in element.text
        print("ChromeDriver is installed and working as expected.")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

    finally:
        # Close the browser
       # Close the browser
        driver.quit()

test_chromedriver_installation()

This is really good work, however update

Set up Chromedriver Environment variables

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

to:

Set up Chromedriver Environment variables

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR=/opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH=$CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

and it works.

Thank you so much @ankitarya1019