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In chromedriver, in index.js script, function binPath with error in return, please fix it

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Open index.js and inspect the chromedriver binPath function, focusing on the platform branches and their return paths. Exercise the function for Windows, Linux, and ARM platforms, and verify that it returns driverPath when no system chromedriver path is selected.

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Description

Have you read the documentation?
URL

I use local url, sorry can not repro

What are you trying to accomplish

in your code, binPath function never return driverPath for win32, linux and arm os:

binPath: function() {
let driverPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'vendor', 'chromedriver');
if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
driverPath = driverPath + '.exe';
} else if (
(os.platform() === 'linux' && os.arch() === 'arm') ||
os.arch() === 'arm64'
) {
// Special handling for making it easy on Raspberry Pis
try {
const potentialChromdriverPath = execSync('which chromedriver');
if (potentialChromdriverPath !== undefined) {
return potentialChromdriverPath.toString().trim();
}
} catch (e) {
// Just swallow
}
} else {
return driverPath;
}
}

please fix to:

binPath: function() {
let driverPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'vendor', 'chromedriver');
if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
driverPath = driverPath + '.exe';
} else if (
(os.platform() === 'linux' && os.arch() === 'arm') ||
os.arch() === 'arm64'
) {
// Special handling for making it easy on Raspberry Pis
try {
const potentialChromdriverPath = execSync('which chromedriver');
if (potentialChromdriverPath !== undefined) {
return potentialChromdriverPath.toString().trim();
}
} catch (e) {
// Just swallow
}
}
return driverPath;
}

What browser did you use?

Chrome

How to reproduce
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