How to setup google-chrome on railway fastApi instance
I am trying to run selenium on my fastApi server and I get the below error.
/nix/store/h3bhzvz9ipglcybbcvkxvm4vg9lwvqg4-bash-5.2p26/bin/sh: line 1: google-chrome: command not found
My nixpacks.toml looks like the below
How do I install chrome. Can i ssh into my instance?
Any help would be appreciated!Solution:Jump to solution
I would highly recommend using Browserless, using it means you don't have to install Chrome and all of its needed dependencies into your container or deal with any of the issues involved in that, and this will significantly speed up both the build and the publishing stage.
Browserless template here - https://railway.app/template/browserless
And here's an example repo that shows you how to use Browserless with selenium - https://github.com/brody192/selenium-example-python...
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I would highly recommend using Browserless, using it means you don't have to install Chrome and all of its needed dependencies into your container or deal with any of the issues involved in that, and this will significantly speed up both the build and the publishing stage.
Browserless template here - https://railway.app/template/browserless
And here's an example repo that shows you how to use Browserless with selenium - https://github.com/brody192/selenium-example-python
im not paying 200 dollars a month for a not super scaled use case. I appreciate the help though
where did 200$ a month come from !?!?
did you not read my message??
you can self host it on Railway
ahh, i see my bad, will give it a shot
hey did the template work out for you?
yeah it worked great man, i appreciate it!
awesome!
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