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driver path input from user

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`@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt`
`8`	`8`	```
`9`	`9`	`As this script uses selenium, you will need to install the chrome webdriver from [this link](https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads)`
`10`	`10`
`11`		`-Once the installation is complete, you need to add the webdriver in the path in the following line:`
`12`		-```
`13`		`-driver = webdriver.Chrome('<Path to chrome webdriver >')`
`14`		-```
`15`		`-`
`16`	`11`	`After satisfying all the requirements for the project, Open the terminal in the project folder and run`
`17`	`12`	```
`18`	`13`	`python scraper.py`

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`@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@`
`8`	`8`	`# Get input for category and number of articles`
`9`	`9`	`category = input("Enter category: ")`
`10`	`10`	`number_articles = int(input("Enter number of articles: "))`
	`11`	`+driver_path = input("Enter chrome driver path: ")`
`11`	`12`
`12`	`13`	`url = 'https://dev.to/search?q={}'.format(category)`
`13`	`14`
`14`	`15`	`# initiating the webdriver. Parameter includes the path of the webdriver.`
`15`		`-driver = webdriver.Chrome('C:\Webdrivers\chromedriver')`
	`16`	`+driver = webdriver.Chrome(driver_path)`
`16`	`17`	`driver.get(url)`
`17`	`18`
`18`	`19`	`# this is just to ensure that the page is loaded`

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