WebDriver.__init__() got multiple values for argument 'options'

[MarcoAigner]

Would be really interested in using the scraper but unfortunately wasn't able to run it so far.

• Installed using pip install paperscraper@git+https://github.com/NLPatVCU/PaperScraper.git
• Import from paperscraper import PaperScraper worked fine
• Initializing the scraper (scraper = PaperScraper()) resulted in the following error:

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TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[5], line 1
----> 1 PaperScraper()

File d:\paperscraper\paperscraper\PaperScraper.py:45, in PaperScraper.init(self, webdriver_path)
42 if ('webdriver_path' is not None):
43 self.webdriver_path = webdriver_path
---> 45 self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(webdriver_path, options=options)

TypeError: WebDriver.init() got multiple values for argument 'options'

[MoonGirl99]

Hey I am getting the exact error, Have you found any solution for this issue?

[zakidotai]

Hey I am getting the exact error, Have you found any solution for this issue?

Step 1: Download the correct chromedriver version same as your google chrome version using the following link

Step 2: In the script, make these changes:

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

# After line 44, use this: 

self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(webdriver_path), options=options)

Finally, while building the scraper, use the following command in your code:

scraper = PaperScraper(webdriver_path=absolute_path_to_chromedriver)

Note You may encounter more errors while scraping which are related to the source code of the websites being scraped.
You can raise a new issue reporting the link being scraped and the complete error message.

[ethansun-999]

Hi Zakidotai,

I met the same problems for a win32 chromedriver issue. I am wondering after you download the correct chrome version, do you place the downloaded folder of chromedriver in the webdriver folder in this project, or just the .exe file?

Hey I am getting the exact error, Have you found any solution for this issue?

Step 1: Download the correct chromedriver version same as your google chrome version using the following link

Step 2: In the script, make these changes:

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

# After line 44, use this: 

self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(webdriver_path), options=options)

Finally, while building the scraper, use the following command in your code:

scraper = PaperScraper(webdriver_path=absolute_path_to_chromedriver)

Note You may encounter more errors while scraping which are related to the source code of the websites being scraped. You can raise a new issue reporting the link being scraped and the complete error message.