java.lang.IllegalStateException: The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.gecko.driver system property
Solution 1
You have to use System.setProperty not the System.getProperty as follows.
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver",
"C:\\Selenium WebDriver\\geckodriver\\geckodriver-v0.17.0-win64\\geckodriver.exe");
Solution 2
I have noticed that you are using wrong syntax, to opening the browser.
Instead of using System.getProperty
, You have to use System.setProperty
as mentioned below.
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Selenium WebDriver\\geckodriver\\geckodriver-v0.17.0-win64\\geckodriver.exe");
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nsCelin
Updated on June 06, 2022Comments
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nsCelin almost 2 years
package com.merchantPlatform; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities; public class MerchantPlatformTest { public static void main(String[] args) { System.getProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Selenium WebDriver\\geckodriver\\geckodriver-v0.17.0-win64\\geckodriver.exe"); DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.firefox(); capabilities.setCapability("marionette", true); // Initialize WebDriver WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(capabilities); /* This works fine for versions lesser than Selenium 3. For Selenium 3 and higher, it will throw java.lang.IllegalStateException */ // Maximize Window driver.manage().window().maximize(); // Wait For Page To Load driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS); // Navigate to MerchantPlatform URL driver.get("http://localhost:52939/"); } }
Error
I am getting the below exception with
System.getProperty
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: 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 at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:738) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.findExecutable(DriverService.java:124) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService.access$100(GeckoDriverService.java:41) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService$Builder.findDefaultExecutable(GeckoDriverService.java:115) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:330) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.toExecutor(FirefoxDriver.java:207) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.(FirefoxDriver.java:108) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.(FirefoxDriver.java:137) at com.merchantPlatform.MerchantPlatformTest.main(MerchantPlatformTest.java:20)
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nsCelin almost 7 yearsThanks.. It was setProperty, works fine now.. I tried to mark both your answers correct, but unable to do.. Though I searched a lot for this error, I missed the set part.