How to pass the chromedriver path to nodejs selenium-webdriver in Docker

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Here is my docker file.

FROM node:17.2.0

USER root

WORKDIR /LT

RUN apt-get update
  
RUN apt-get install git --yes

COPY /LT .
COPY /LT/test .
COPY ["/LT/package.json", "."]

# Install Google Chrome
RUN apt-get install wget
RUN wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN apt-get install ./google-chrome*.deb --yes

ENV CHROME_BIN=/usr/bin/google-chrome

RUN npm install
RUN npm ci
RUN npm install nodejs
RUN npm install mocha -g
RUN npm install chromedriver -g --unsafe-perm
RUN npm install selenium-webdriver
RUN npm install webdriver-manager
#RUN webdriver-manager update
CMD ["node", "./test/script1.js"]

Following is my nodejs javascript file which uses chrome to launch the application and login.

require("chromedriver");
const {By,Key,Builder} = require("selenium-webdriver");
const chrome = require('selenium-webdriver/chrome');

 
async function getAuthCode(){ 

        const url = "https://abcd.com";
        
       //To wait for browser to build and launch properly
        let driver = await new Builder()
            .forBrowser("chrome")
            .setChromeOptions(new chrome.Options().headless()) 
            
            //.setChromeOptions(new chrome.Options().addArguments(['--no-sandbox','-headless', '--disable-dev-shm-usage']))           
        
            .build();
        
        await driver.get(url);
        console.log(driver);
        const wait = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
        await wait(1 * 20 * 1000);
        await driver.manage().window().setRect({ width: 1552, height: 840 });
        await driver.findElement(By.id("emailInput")).click();
        await driver.findElement(By.id("emailInput")).sendKeys("vendor-OSDU@slb.com");
        
        await driver.findElement(By.id("submitbutton")).click();
        
        
        
        await wait(1 * 20 * 1000);
       
        
        await driver.quit();
        
        return 'some data';

}
 
async function testAuthCode()
{
    var cCode = await getAuthCode();
    console.log(cCode);
}
testAuthCode();

When I run my docker compose file using the same docker file which is given above, I get following error.

WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally.
-nodejs-1  |   (unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
-nodejs-1  |   (The process started from chrome location /usr/bin/google-chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)
-nodejs-1  |     at Object.throwDecodedError (/LT/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/error.js:539:15)

I know the reason , It can not find the chromedriver at the default path '/usr/bin/google-chrome'.

Either

I have to install chrome at the default location given Or
give the path of that location where chrome is actually installed.

In either case, How do I do it in JavaScript or docker?

PS: The script runs perfectly fine in my local windows environment.

How to pass the chromedriver path to nodejs selenium-webdriver in Docker

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