Where to place PhantomJS exe? - python-3.x

Question

I am trying to use PhantomJS with Selenium and Python.
My understanding is:
I will have to write Python script utilizing Selenium package which will interact with Selenium to operate on PhantomJS WebDriver to automate web application testing.
I have installed following:
Python v3.5.1.
Selenium using pip install selenium v3.7.0.
PhantomJS v2.1.1
In meantime I tested using Chrome WebDriver by placing it in PATH, and it executes without errors. Following is my script to open google.com using chrome webdriver.
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome() # or add to your PATH
driver.get('https://google.com/')
Using PhantomJS:
from selenium import webdriver
url = "http://www.google.com"
path_phantom = r'H:\phantomjs\bin\phantomjs.exe'
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(executable_path=path_phantom)
driver.get(url)
driver.save_screenshot(r'H:\out.png')
driver.quit()
Errors:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\acer\Desktop\testing\openYoutube.py", line 5, in
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS()
File "C:\Users\acer\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-package
s\selenium\webdriver\phantomjs\webdriver.py", line 51, in init
log_path=service_log_path)
File "C:\Users\acer\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\site-package
s\selenium\webdriver\phantomjs\service.py", line 50, in init
service.Service.init(self, executable_path, port=port, log_file=open(log
_path, 'w'))
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'ghostdriver.log'
Am I misplacing PhantomJS exe or missing any step ?

Answer 1

You can place the PhantomJS v2.1.1 binary at any location within your system and use the following code block :
from selenium import webdriver
url = "http://www.url.com.br/contact.asp"
path_phantom = r'C:\your_path\phantomjs-2.1.1-windows\bin\phantomjs.exe'
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(executable_path=path_phantom)
driver.set_window_size(1400,1000)
driver.get(url)
Update :
Please consider the following points and try the following code block with debug messages:
Run CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores from your system.
You can opt for a System Reboot.
Try to keep the Python Application, WebBrowser binaries and the WebDriver binaries i.e. phantomjs.exe on the same drive.
from selenium import webdriver
url = "http://www.google.com"
path_phantom = r'C:\Utility\phantomjs-2.1.1-windows\bin\phantomjs.exe'
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(executable_path=path_phantom)
print("PhantomJS browser invoked")
driver.get(url)
print("Browser Initialized")
driver.save_screenshot("C://Utility//out.png")
driver.quit()
print("Browser Closed")

Answer 2

Problem seems to be with the log file.
Changing path of log file solved this problem.
path_phantom = r'H:\phantomjs\bin\phantomjs.exe'
log_path=r'H:\ghostdriver.log' #changed path to a temporary file.
# service_log_path is required to change path of log file.
driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(executable_path=path_phantom,service_log_path=log_path)

Answer 3

From your error:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'ghostdriver.log
Seems that it try to create this file ghostdriver.log but fails because of the permissions.
As suggested in this answer, try to add the argument
service_log_path=os.path.devnull
to the function webdriver.PhantomJS().
Or make sure it is able to create the file.