Install chrome & chromedriver for Docker image 2022

gistfile1.txt

Source: https://gist.github.com/varyonic/dea40abcf3dd891d204ef235c6e8dd79

Change log:
1. replaced "dl-ssl.google.com" with "dl.google.com" according https://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/
2. replaced "apt-key" as "Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8))."
3. use https
4. use npm package as previous solution didnt work

Oneliner for Dockerfile:
# Install latest Chrome for Testing and ChromeDriver
# https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/chrome-for-testing?tab=readme-ov-file#whats-the-easiest-way-to-download-chrome-for-testing-binaries
RUN npx @puppeteer/browsers install chrome@stable --install-deps --path "/opt"; \
    npx @puppeteer/browsers install chromedriver@stable --path "/opt";

# Create symlinks to make chrome and chromedriver available in PATH
RUN ln -s $(find /opt/chrome -name chrome -type f | head -n 1) /usr/local/bin/google-chrome; \
    ln -s $(find /opt/chromedriver -name chromedriver -type f | head -n 1) /usr/local/bin/chromedriver;

# To check it after (chrome and chromedriver versions will be the same):
$ docker run --rm -it put_docker_image_name_here bash
$ google-chrome --version
$ chromedriver -v

Recommend updating this for 2024:

# installing google-chrome-stable 
RUN curl -LO https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && \
    apt-get install -y ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && \
    rm google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

# installing chromedriver is now unnecessary as the latest Selenium versions will automatically download the needed drivers.

@lrodden why chrome-for-testing-public? It is not stable.

@Faq according to the chromedriver developers, any version past 115 should be accessed through that repo ^^ (ref -> https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads). There is a Chrome STABLE version which directly corresponds to the current stable version of chromedriver.

https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ returns a 404

https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ returns a 404

@gharmeling Not running the full command

The command you suggested (updated for 2024) results (for me) in
3.944 E: Unable to locate package google-chrome-stable

I am running docker on a Mac Book M1

Would you have any idea why?

Did someone manage to fix these issues with Unable to locate package google-chrome-stable and https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ returning 404?

I'm encountering this problem also. Any ideas on how to resolve?

This is the current working method for me:

RUN curl -LO https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && \
    apt-get install -y ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && \
    rm google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Works on Mac with Apple Silicon, but make sure you are running your image as platform: linux/amd64

FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.12-slim

WORKDIR /app

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget curl unzip gnupg --no-install-recommends

RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | \
    gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring gnupg-ring:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/google.gpg --import; \
    chmod 644 /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/google.gpg; \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

RUN curl -LO https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && \
    apt-get install -y ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && \
    rm google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

COPY . .

ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

CMD ["python", "test_crawler.py"]

This is my docker file. I am crawling using requests_html. I am facing the issue of html.render() function getting freezed and not executing. My system is Mac with Apple Silicon. Same docker was working fine on a Windows machine.