Clicking a link using selenium using python

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Here is the link I'm trying to click:

<a href="#" onclick="OpenAddKeywords();return false;" id="btnAddKeywords">Add Keywords</a>

I tried a few options(listed below) but they didn't work; any ideas?

self.br.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='btnAddKeywords']").click()
self.br.execute_script("OpenAddKeywords();return false;")

This is the error I've got for execute_script:

Message: u'Error Message => \'Can\'t find variable: OpenAddKeywords\'\n caused by Request =>

And this is the one that I've got for xpath:

Message: u'Error Message => \'Unable to find element with xpath \'//*[@id=\'btnAddKeywords\']\'\'\n caused by Request =>

Did you try `self.br.find_element_by_id('btnAddKeywords').click()`? If that's not working, it's that you may not be on the page you think you are. — n1r3, Jul 06 '13 at 17:09
I have the same problem, you can also track [my thread](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19769532/unable-to-perform-click-action-in-selenium-python) to find a solution. — Zeinab Abbasimazar, Nov 05 '13 at 07:19
I have solved the problem; see [the answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19769532/unable-to-perform-click-action-in-selenium-python?answertab=active#tab-top). — Zeinab Abbasimazar, Nov 05 '13 at 10:15
@Zeinab You solution worked for me. You should post it as an answer here. — C R, Dec 08 '13 at 14:00

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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As I mentioned in my own question here, the problem would be solved by means of ActionChains class; a brief code is here:

el = driver.find_element_by_id("someid")
webdriver.ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(el).click(el).perform()

The main problem is that in some cases, specially when you have a some javascript codes in your page, the DOM would change and the element you've found before will be staled. 'ActionChains' would keep it alive to perform actions on.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Dec 08 '13 at 14:15

Zeinab Abbasimazar

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@Mark My problem was very similar to yours and Zeinab's solution worked for me – C R Dec 08 '13 at 16:33

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '13 at 06:18

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You can try to use xpath like below. It is working for me because i have used last project.

driver.find_element_by_xpath("xpath").click()

Please try it...

answered Jul 15 '13 at 06:18

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Actually @Mark tried this and mentioned the result in the question; please read the question carefully and then answer. :) – Zeinab Abbasimazar Nov 05 '13 at 06:43

Clicking a link using selenium using python

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