@journeyapps/chromedriver-downloader

Downloads a ChromeDriver version based on the currently installed Chrome version.

Why?

ChromeDriver versions are strongly tied to specific Chrome versions. On developer machines, Chrome is typically the latest stable version, while CI environments would have a fairly static version.

This helps avoid the overhead of manually installing the correct ChromeDriver version every time the Chrome version changes.

Usage

Node 10.x or later is required.

Install:

yarn add --dev @journeyapps/chromedriver-downloader

Use:

const { downloadChromeDriver } = require('@journeyapps/chromedriver-downloader');

downloadChromeDriver().then(details => console.log(details));

For more options, look at the TypeScript definitions or source code.

Protractor

Sample config for Protractor:

// protractor.conf.js
const { downloadChromeDriver } = require('@journeyapps/chromedriver-downloader');

exports.config = {
  directConnect: true,
  capabilities: {
    browserName: 'chrome'
  },
  async beforeLaunch() {
    const { chromeDriverPath } = await downloadChromeDriver();
    exports.config.chromeDriver = chromeDriverPath;
  }
}