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🚗 Laravel ChromeDriver Downloader

A Laravel Artisan command that auto-magically detects your Chrome version, downloads the right ChromeDriver for Windows 🪟, Linux 🐧, and Mac 🍏 — with exclusive WSL support!

🧠 Smart · 🤖 Automated · ⚡ Fast · 🧩 Cross-Platform · 💻 WSL-Aware

🧩 Features

• 🎯 Detects your Chrome version precisely
• 💻 Supports downloading drivers for:
  • Windows (chromedriver-win64)
  • Linux (chromedriver-linux64)
  • macOS (chromedriver-mac-arm64 / mac-x64)
• 🐧 WSL Smart Detection – detects Chrome version from Windows host
• ⚙️ Stores drivers in .vendor/laravel/dusk/bin/
• 🔀 Supports --all flag to download drivers for all OSes
• ✅ Laravel 6–11 compatible
• 🧪 PHPUnit support for testing the command

🚀 Installation

composer require zgetro/laravel-dusk-chromedriver --dev

🛠️ Usage

php artisan dusk:download-chromedriver

By default, this will:

• Detect the local Chrome version
• Download the matching ChromeDriver for your OS
• Save it as .vendor/laravel/dusk/bin/chromedriver-[os]

🧬 Download All Drivers

php artisan dusk:download-chromedriver --all

This downloads all supported platform drivers — ideal for testing or CI.

⚙️ Environment Compatibility

📦 Output Directory

All drivers are stored under:

.vendor/laravel/dusk/bin/

With friendly names:

• chromedriver-win
• chromedriver-linux
• chromedriver-mac

🧪 Testing

composer test

Supports phpunit via Orchestra Testbench.

🧙 Behind the Scenes

Your Artisan command is your wand. This package just makes it magical.

The package:

• etches your Chrome version using OS-specific logic
• Queries official Chrome for Testing URLs
• Extracts & renames the ChromeDriver zip content
• Makes it executable where needed

🧰 Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or newer
• Laravel 6.x to 11.x
• Internet access (to download drivers)

🧾 License

MIT © zgetro

💡 Contributing

PRs welcome! Feel free to submit issues, add test coverage, or request new features.

--Thanks CHATGPT--