Instapy incompatible with the 76th version of Chrome?

[lopjf]

Hi everyone,
Since about a week, Instapy does not seems to be compatible with the last version of Google Chrome.

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INFO [2019-08-06 11:07:47] [*******] Using built in instapy-chromedriver executable (version 2.46)

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:50865/devtools/browser/15c5e83e-bf10-4f25-b6ae-0dbb23e9332a
ERROR [2019-08-06 11:07:51] [*******] Message: session not created: Chrome version must be between 71 and 75
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.46.628402 (536cd7adbad73a3783fdc2cab92ab2ba7ec361e1),platform=Windows NT 10.0.17134 x86_64)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\loris\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\instapy\browser.py", line 163, in set_selenium_local_session
chrome_options=chrome_options)
File "C:\Users\loris\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 81, in init
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "C:\Users\loris\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 157, in init
self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
File "C:\Users\loris\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "C:\Users\loris\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Users\loris\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: Chrome version must be between 71 and 75
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.46.628402 (536cd7adbad73a3783fdc2cab92ab2ba7ec361e1),platform=Windows NT 10.0.17134 x86_64)`

I thought about installing the 75 version of Chrome but is there any other way I can make it run?
Do you think there may be a different problem?

[kadudutra]

I have the same problem

[crisjun27]

Same Problem with new version of 76 Chrome..
Can anyone know how to solve this?

[lopjf]

Guys I find the solution. You can either

• Download the 75th version of chrome and block the updates by desactivating the google updates on your task manager.
• Run Instapy on Firefox by adding the code below to your script. If needed, this vid will help you add geckodriver. (This is how I did it and it works just fine)

session = InstaPy(username=insta_username, password=insta_password, use_firefox=True)

Running Instapy on Firefox is the solution I opt for

[dinzrus]

I also experienced like this, I think the cause of the problem is that new chrome renamed its chrome driver to chromedriver.exe, when instapy couldn't find the driver, it will use it's own package chrome driver which is not compatible with the new chrome, what I do is I download the latest chrome driver
here https://chromedriver.chromium.org/ version 76 and replaced the instapy package chrome driver which you can find in this directory env/lib/site_packages/instapy_chromedriver/ , the new filename of the chrome driver is only chromedriver.exe so you need to change it to what instapy know, which is chromedriver_win32.exe.

That's it. I know it will be solved soon by updating your instapy installation.

[mofe23]

@dinzrus answer worked for me, watch out that instapy stores 3 chromedriver executables for all os with a prefix. dont forget to rename the newly downloaded file

1. find your site-packages folder
   python -m site

2. backup old chromedriver
   mv site-packages/instapy_chromedriver/chromedriver_mac64 site-packages/instapy_chromedriver/chromedriver_mac64.bak

3. Download new chromedriver for your os here & extract archive

4. Move new chromedriver to location
   mv ~/Downloads/chromedriver site-packages/instapy_chromedriver/chromedriver_mac64

[MartinAnte]

I also experienced like this, I think the cause of the problem is that new chrome renamed its chrome driver to chromedriver.exe, when instapy couldn't find the driver, it will use it's own package chrome driver which is not compatible with the new chrome, what I do is I download the latest chrome driver
here https://chromedriver.chromium.org/ version 76 and replaced the instapy package chrome driver which you can find in this directory env/lib/site_packages/instapy_chromedriver/ , the new filename of the chrome driver is only chromedriver.exe so you need to change it to what instapy know, which is chromedriver_win32.exe.

That's it. I know it will be solved soon by updating your instapy installation.

It worked perfectly for me. Thanks, man

[saharavishag]

I also experienced like this, I think the cause of the problem is that new chrome renamed its chrome driver to chromedriver.exe, when instapy couldn't find the driver, it will use it's own package chrome driver which is not compatible with the new chrome, what I do is I download the latest chrome driver
here https://chromedriver.chromium.org/ version 76 and replaced the instapy package chrome driver which you can find in this directory env/lib/site_packages/instapy_chromedriver/ , the new filename of the chrome driver is only chromedriver.exe so you need to change it to what instapy know, which is chromedriver_win32.exe.

That's it. I know it will be solved soon by updating your instapy installation.

works amazing! thanks!

[avipars]

I also experienced like this, I think the cause of the problem is that new chrome renamed its chrome driver to chromedriver.exe, when instapy couldn't find the driver, it will use it's own package chrome driver which is not compatible with the new chrome, what I do is I download the latest chrome driver
here https://chromedriver.chromium.org/ version 76 and replaced the instapy package chrome driver which you can find in this directory env/lib/site_packages/instapy_chromedriver/ , the new filename of the chrome driver is only chromedriver.exe so you need to change it to what instapy know, which is chromedriver_win32.exe.

That's it. I know it will be solved soon by updating your instapy installation.

@dinzrus Can you help me do this for windows?