Python : no module named selenium

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As you mentioned you are using Python 3.6 following the steps :

  • Open Command Line Interface (CLI) and issue the command python to check if Python is properly installed :

    C:\Users\username>python
Python 3.6.1 (v3.6.1:69c0db5, Jan 16 2018, 17:54:52) [MSC v.1900 32 bit (Intel)]
 on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

  • Ensure pip is working properly :

    C:\Users\username>pip

Usage:
  pip <command> [options]

Commands:
  install                     Install packages.
  download                    Download packages.
  uninstall                   Uninstall packages.
  freeze                      Output installed packages in requirements format.
  list                        List installed packages.
  show                        Show information about installed packages.
  check                       Verify installed packages have compatible dependencies.
  search                      Search PyPI for packages.
  wheel                       Build wheels from your requirements.
  hash                        Compute hashes of package archives.
  completion                  A helper command used for command completion.
  help                        Show help for commands.

General Options:
  -h, --help                  Show help.
  --isolated                  Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and user configuration.
  -v, --verbose               Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times.
  -V, --version               Show version and exit.
  -q, --quiet                 Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times (corresponding to WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL logging levels).
  --log <path>                Path to a verbose appending log.
  --proxy <proxy>             Specify a proxy in the form [user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.
  --retries <retries>         Maximum number of retries each connection should attempt (default 5 times).
  --timeout <sec>             Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).
  --exists-action <action>    Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup, (a)bort.
  --trusted-host <hostname>   Mark this host as trusted, even though it does not have valid or any HTTPS.
  --cert <path>               Path to alternate CA bundle.
  --client-cert <path>        Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the private key and the certificate in PEM format.
  --cache-dir <dir>           Store the cache data in <dir>.
  --no-cache-dir              Disable the cache.
  --disable-pip-version-check
                              Don't periodically check PyPI to determine
                              whether a new version of pip is available for
                      download. Implied with --no-index.

  • Install latest selenium through pip :

    C:\Users\username>pip install -U selenium
Collecting selenium
  Downloading selenium-3.8.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (931kB)
    100% |¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 942kB 322kB/s
Installing collected packages: selenium
Successfully installed selenium-3.8.1

  • Confirm that Selenium is installed :

    C:\Users\username>pip freeze
selenium==3.8.1

  • Open an IDE (e.g Eclipse, PyCharm) and write a simple program as follows :

    from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path="C:\\path\\to\\geckodriver.exe")
driver.get('https://stackoverflow.com')

  • Execute the program on which Firefox Quantum Browser will be initiated and the url https://stackoverflow.com will be accessed.

Python Download Location (Windows) :

Python (for Windows) can be download from the following location :

https://www.python.org/downloads/

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