TypeError: 'module' object is not callable ( when importing selenium )

Question

i have problem when running this code :

>>> from selenium import webdriver
>>> driver = webdriver.firefox()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#19>", line 1, in <module>
driver = webdriver.firefox()
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

i have searched for the problem and i got some results. but unfortunately , they didn't work. So , how can i solve this?

thanks.

Answer 1

You have made a typo.

webdriver.Firefox()

Note the capital F.

Answer 2

the same goes for other browsers!

e.g.

webdriver.chrome Vs. webdriver.Chrome

(its even harder to notice this!)

thanks so much for the help! ;)

Answer 3

Another way is:

from selenium.webdriver import Chrome.

driver = Chrome()

When typing "Chrome" Note the capital C.

You probably gonna need to specify the executable_path for chromedriver.exe:

driver = Chrome(executable_path="path_in_here")

Answer 4

This error message...

TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

......implies that your program is trying to call a python module.

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You need a minor modification in the offending line of code. You have used:

driver = webdriver.firefox()

Where as firefox is a module for example as in:

selenium.webdriver.firefox.options

So you have to change firefox() to Firefox() and your effective line of code will be:

driver = webdriver.Firefox()

Likewise:

• For Chrome:

  driver = webdriver.Chrome()
  

• For Internet Explorer:

  driver = webdriver.Ie()