I'm trying to build a twitter bot using code from github but I keep getting a error with selenium

Question

(amazing-blend-273309)$ diffengine

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/local/bin/diffengine", line 10, in <module>

sys.exit(main())

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/diffengine/__init__.py", line 473, in main

init(home)

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/diffengine/__init__.py", line 463, in init

setup_browser()

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/diffengine/__init__.py", line 421, in setup_browser

browser = webdriver.Firefox(options=opts)

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 174, in __init__

keep_alive=True)

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 157, in __init__

self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session

response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute

self.error_handler.check_response(response)

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response

raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)

selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: Unable to find a matching set of capabilities

Answer 1

What browser are you using, and what version is it?

If you're using Firefox, update your firefox and install the latest version of geckodriver. This might help :)

Answer 2

You'll likely need to provide more information, including the code you've written, the browser you're using, the version of Selenium you're using, in order to get a full response.

Having said that, I used your stack trace to get the following results from Stack Overflow:

1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47782650/selenium-common-exceptions-sessionnotcreatedexception-message-unable-to-find-a/47785513
2. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43713445/selenium-unable-to-find-a-matching-set-of-capabilities-despite-driver-being-in

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