How can I include ChromeDriver in a JAR?

Question

I'm writing a web-automation program and so far, it works fine using Selenium's FirefoxDriver. However, I want to make it use Chrome if Firefox is not installed. I downloaded the ChromeDriver, put it inside a folder in my Eclipse project, and ran it. After I added System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "Drivers/chromedriver.exe"); it worked fine. However, when I try to export it (using Eclipse's standard Export). It crashes, I believe because it can't find the ChromeDriver (I think this because exporting it with FirefoxDriver works fine).

I have tried changing the .JAR to a .ZIP in order to look inside, and I see that the driver folder was stripped away, simply putting chromedriver.exe inside the top-level JAR. I tried changing the property to System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "chromedriver.exe"); but still crashes.

Does anyone know why the exported JAR is unable to find chromeDriver, despite the fact that I have verified that it is in the JAR?

Thanks, Daniel

Answer 1

Export your code as jar without the chromedriver. Create a folder ChromeDriver. Place your chromedriver.exe in this folder. Place ChromeDriver folder along with your jar.

Also dont forget to set the System property in the code to

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "ChromeDriver/chromedriver.exe"); 

Please let me know if this works for you.