[🐛 Bug]: Python import selenium webdriver error on Python 3.12.4

[shihte]

What happened?

BUG?: Python import selenium webdriver error on Python 3.12.4

Description
Import error with selenium.webdriver on Python 3.12.4

Steps to Reproduce

1. Python 3.12.4
2. selenium 4.28.1
3. Import fails:

from selenium import webdriver

### How can we reproduce the issue?

```shell
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from urllib.parse import urlparse

def get_cookies(url):
    options = Options()
    options.add_argument('--headless')
    
    driver = selenium.webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
    driver.get(url)
    
    cookies = driver.get_cookies()
    driver.quit()
    
    return {
        cookie['name']: cookie['value'] 
        for cookie in cookies
    }

url = "https://www.google.com"
cookies = get_cookies(url)
print(cookies)

Relevant log output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/*/Desktop/CoolEnglishHacker/selenium.py", line 1, in <module>
    from selenium import webdriver
  File "/Users/*/Desktop/CoolEnglishHacker/selenium.py", line 1, in <module>
    from selenium import webdriver
ImportError: cannot import name 'webdriver' from 'selenium' (consider renaming '/Users/*/Desktop/CoolEnglishHacker/selenium.py' if it has the same name as a library you intended to import)

Operating System

MacOS 15.1.1

Selenium version

selenium 4.28.1

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Chrome 131.0.6778.265

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

no

Are you using Selenium Grid?

selenium 4.28.1

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[navin772]

Hi @shihte, the issue is mentioned in the error output. You are naming your test file selenium.py which results in a circular import. Change your file name to something else.

[shihte]

Thank you! I found the issue - I accidentally named my file "selenium.py" which caused circular imports. After renaming the file, the problem was resolved.

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