python selenium local html source

Question

I want to get a local html source through selenium.

from selenium import webdriver
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
driver = webdriver.Chrome('/usr/local/bin/chromedriver2')
driver.get("test.html")
html = driver.page_source
bsObj = BeautifulSoup(html)

However, this error occurs.

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "test.py", line 4, in <module>
 driver.get("test.html")
File "/Users/seula/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-

packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 333, in get self.execute(Command.GET, {'url': url}) File "/Users/seula/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site- packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute

self.error_handler.check_response(response)

  File "/Users/seula/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-

packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response

raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)

selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: invalid argument

(Session info: chrome=79.0.3945.130)

Guy · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-28 09:26:48Z

2

You need to tell the driver it's a file and not url

driver.get(r'file:\C:\folder\test.html')

answered Jan 28, 2020 at 9:26

Guy

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