node.js complaining that "The ChromeDriver could not be found on the current PATH" even though chromedriver is on the path

To add to Niels' answer, for those not using Babel

1. First install the chromedrive package using npm. If you install globally ensure to have node packages in your path

npm install -g chromedriver

If PATH errors persist, just save it to the local project's dependencies

npm install --save-dev chromedriver

2. For those not using Babel

const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');const chrome = require('selenium-webdriver/chrome');const chromedriver = require('chromedriver');chrome.setDefaultService(new chrome.ServiceBuilder(chromedriver.path).build());

I had the same issue. I have resolved it by taking the path from chromedriver package.

Here is my code:

import webdriver from 'selenium-webdriver';import chrome from 'selenium-webdriver/chrome';import chromedriver from 'chromedriver';chrome.setDefaultService(new chrome.ServiceBuilder(chromedriver.path).build());var driver = new webdriver.Builder()                 .withCapabilities(webdriver.Capabilities.chrome())                 .build();

Which is based on the code from this answer: Passing require('chromedriver).path directly to selenium-webdriver

Might be a little late but if someone comes across this problem for me worked the following:

First npm install -g chromedriver --save

Then add this line on top of your code require('chromedriver');

Here is a demo:

require('chromedriver');var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');var driver = new webdriver.Builder()  .forBrowser('chrome')  .build();driver.get('https://google.com');

For more details you can go here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/chromedriver