Python script that downloads the latest stable chromedriver to the current folder

chromedriver_updater.py

import os
import requests
import zipfile
import io
import shutil
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def find_chromedriver(root_folder):
    # Recursively search for chromedriver.exe in the given folder
    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root_folder):
        if "chromedriver.exe" in filenames:
            return os.path.join(dirpath, "chromedriver.exe")
    return None

def download_chromedriver():
    # Step 1: Download the page with versions info
    base_url = "https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/"
    print("Downloading page:", base_url)
    response = requests.get(base_url)
    response.raise_for_status()
    html = response.text

    # Step 2: Parse HTML to get the stable version
    soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
    stable_link = soup.find('a', href="#stable", string="Stable")
    if not stable_link:
        print("Stable version link not found.")
        return
    parent_row = stable_link.find_parent('tr')
    if not parent_row:
        print("Parent row not found.")
        return
    code_tag = parent_row.find('code')
    if not code_tag:
        print("Version code tag not found.")
        return

    version = code_tag.get_text().strip()
    print("Found stable version:", version)

    # Step 3: Build the download URL and fetch the zip file
    zip_url = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/{version}/win64/chromedriver-win64.zip"
    print("Downloading chromedriver zip from:", zip_url)
    zip_response = requests.get(zip_url)
    zip_response.raise_for_status()

    # Step 4: Unzip the downloaded file to a folder
    extract_folder = "chromedriver-win64"
    with zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(zip_response.content)) as z:
        z.extractall(extract_folder)
    print("Extraction complete.")

    # Find chromedriver.exe recursively in the extract folder
    src = find_chromedriver(extract_folder)
    if not src:
        print("chromedriver.exe not found in the extracted files.")
        return

    # Step 5: Move the chromedriver.exe to the desired folder
    # Change target_folder to the folder you want the chromedriver in.
    target_folder = os.getcwd()  # Using current working directory
    dst = os.path.join(target_folder, "chromedriver.exe")
    shutil.move(src, dst)
    print(f"chromedriver.exe moved to {dst}")

    # Clean up: remove the extracted folder
    shutil.rmtree(extract_folder)
    print("Temporary files cleaned up.")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    download_chromedriver()