Python3 + selenium + PhantomJS UnicodeDecodeError - python-3.x

Question

ENV
PhantomJS2.1.1;Windows10;selenium-3.8.0;python3
CODE
browser = webdriver.PhantomJS() //throw a UnicodeDecodeError
Problem
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xbd in position
2: invalid start byte
Details
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d:/devtools/phantomjs-2.1.1-windows/bin/IndustryLeaderSpider.py",
line 20, in
browser = webdriver.PhantomJS('D:/phantomjs.exe')
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\phantomjs\webdriver.py",
line 58, in init
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py",
line 154, in init
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py",
line 243, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py",
line 309, in execute
response = self.command_executor.execute(driver_command, params)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py",
line 460, in execute
return self._request(command_info[0], url, body=data)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py",
line 522, in _request
resp = opener.open(request, timeout=self._timeout)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\urllib\request.py", line 526, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\urllib\request.py", line 544, in _open
'_open', req)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\urllib\request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\urllib\request.py", line 806, in
meth(r, proxy, type))
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\urllib\request.py", line 814, in proxy_open
if req.host and proxy_bypass(req.host):
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\urllib\request.py", line 2739, in proxy_bypass
return proxy_bypass_registry(host)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\urllib\request.py", line 2706, in proxy_bypass_registry
fqdn = socket.getfqdn(rawHost)
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\socket.py", line 673, in getfqdn
hostname, aliases, ipaddrs = gethostbyaddr(name)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xbd in position 2: invalid start byte
Do someone have this problem? How to fix it?

Answer 1

Your main error seems to be :
File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py", line 460, in execute return self._request(command_info[0], url, body=data) File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py", line 522, in _request resp = opener.open(request, timeout=self._timeout) File "D:\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\urllib\request.py", line 526, in open response = self._open(req, data)
Try the following steps :
Run CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores.
Take a System Reboot.
While you initiate PhantomJS() provide the absolute path of the phantomjs binary as follows :
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(executable_path=r'C:\path\to\phantomjs.exe')
Ensure that there is no unnecessary imports in your script. Example : urllib.request
Execute your Test.