Unable to create new service: GeckoDriverService
Solution 1
No, it is not mandatory. The driver can be anywhere, as long as it is reachable.
In your first example, try putting ./
before the executable to explicitly point they're in the same directory as your JSON, like this:
"cli_args" : {
"webdriver.chrome.driver" : "./chromedriver.exe",
"webdriver.gecko.driver" : "./geckodriver.exe",
"webdriver.firefox.profile" : ""
}
Solution 2
I solved it by putting the driver (chromedriver and/or geckodriver) to the same folder where Selenium is located and changed the json file to
"webdriver.chrome.driver" : "C:/Projects/selenium/chromedriver.exe",
"webdriver.gecko.driver" : "C:/Projects/selenium/geckodriver.exe",
You can put the path anywhere as long as it is reachable.
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user2018 almost 2 years
I am a beginner in Web Automation. I tried to run the Nightwatch tutorial from This YouTube Tutorial.
I have installed the following tools on Windows 10:
- node.js
- selenium-server-standalone-3.9.1
- nightwatch.js 0.9.19
When I execute command
node nightwatch.js -t tests/google.js
I got an error
'{ value: { message: 'Unable to create new service: GeckoDriverService\nBuild info: version: \'3.9.1\', revision: \'63f7b50\', time: \'2018-02-07T22:42:28.403Z\'\nSystem info: host: \'DESKTOP-I986AE6\', ip: \'172.29.218.145\', os.name: \'Windows 10\', os.arch: \'amd64\', os.version: \'10.0\', java.version: \'9.0.4\'\nDriver info: driver.version: unknown', error: 'session not created' },status: 33 }
I have seen This Post. Then I downloaded the drivers (geckodriver and chromedriver) and put the drivers on the same directory as my json file. Then I insert the path of the driver on the json file, but I still got the same error. How do I fix this?
My nightwatch.json file:
{ "src_folders" : ["tests"], "output_folder" : "reports", "custom_commands_path" : "", "page_objects_path" : "", "custom_assertions_path" : "", "globals_path" : "", "live_output" : false, "parallel_process_delay" : 10, "disable_colors": false, "test_workers" : false, "selenium" : { "start_process" : false, "server_path" : "", "log_path" : "", "host" : "127.0.0.1", "port" : 4445, "cli_args" : { "webdriver.chrome.driver" : "chromedriver.exe", "webdriver.gecko.driver" : "geckodriver.exe", "webdriver.firefox.profile" : "" } }, "test_settings" : { "default" : { "launch_url" : "http://localhost", "selenium_host" : "127.0.0.1", "selenium_port" : 4444, "silent" : true, "disable_colors": false, "screenshots" : { "enabled" : false, "path" : "" }, "desiredCapabilities" : { "browserName" : "firefox", "javascriptEnabled" : true, "acceptSslCerts" : true } }, "saucelabs" : { "selenium_host" : "ondemand.saucelabs.com", "selenium_port" : 80, "username" : "${SAUCE_USERNAME}", "access_key" : "${SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY}", "use_ssl" : false, "silent" : true, "output" : true, "screenshots" : { "enabled" : false, "on_failure" : true, "path" : "" }, "desiredCapabilities": { "name" : "test-example", "browserName": "firefox" }, "globals" : { "myGlobal" : "some_sauce_global" }, "selenium" : { "start_process" : false } }, "phantomjs" : { "desiredCapabilities" : { "browserName" : "phantomjs", "javascriptEnabled" : true, "acceptSslCerts" : true, "phantomjs.binary.path" : "/path/to/phantomjs" } }, "browserstack" : { "selenium" : { "start_process" : false }, "selenium_host" : "hub.browserstack.com", "selenium_port" : 80, "silent" : true, "desiredCapabilities": { "name" : "test-example", "browserName": "firefox", "browserstack.user" : "...", "browserstack.key" : "..." } }, "testingbot" : { "selenium_host" : "hub.testingbot.com", "selenium_port" : 80, "apiKey" : "${TB_KEY}", "apiSecret" : "${TB_SECRET}", "silent" : true, "output" : true, "screenshots" : { "enabled" : false, "on_failure" : true, "path" : "" }, "desiredCapabilities": { "name" : "test-example", "browserName": "firefox" }, "selenium" : { "start_process" : false } } } }