Create a Python executable with chromedriver & Selenium

Question

I have created a small web scraping app using Selenium & chromedriver for a project that outputs the content into an excel file. The people I did this app for unfortunately aren't the most tech-savvy.

So my question is how can I share this app with these people?

I looked into py2exe.org, but it doesn't take the chromedriver into account when creating the executable. Any better ways of doing this, without these people having to add the files manually to their "usr/bin"?

Answer 1

You can do this with the help of pyinstaller : Below is the solution which work on Windows but pyinstaller says its capable of working on Mac OS also.

Steps are:

1. Open Command prompt
2. Goto project path in cmd where script is present
3. type pyinstaller Scriptname.spec Scriptname.py (Enter y/yes if prompt on screen)
4. The build will be at 'path to project'\dist\Scriptname

Note you need to provide the details of chromedriver in Scriptname.spec when passing the

Sample content of spec file:

# -*- mode: python -*-

block_cipher = None


a = Analysis(['Scriptname.py'],
             pathex=['Pathofproject'],
             binaries=[('C:\\Python27\\chromedriver.exe', '**.\\selenium\\webdriver**')],
             datas=[],
             hiddenimports=[],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          exclude_binaries=True,
          name='createEVIPOrg_Automation_new',
          debug=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          console=True )
coll = COLLECT(exe,
               a.binaries,
               a.zipfiles,
               a.datas,
               strip=False,
               upx=True,
               name='**scriptname**')

You need to update the Scriptname, project path where you script lies, path of chromedriver in spec file