How to click on hidden object using Selenium Python

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

chromedriver = 'C:\\chromedriver.exe'
browser = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriver)
browser.get('http://www.example.com')
username = browser.find_element_by_id('username')
password = browser.find_element_by_id('password')
username.send_keys('username')
password.send_keys('password')
browser.find_element_by_id('submit').click()

I want to click on the download button (lower right second one).

Please help me!! The following code did not work:

browser.find_elements_by_id('//input[@value="EE"]').click()

Does `browser.find_element_by_id('originator_node').click()` work? — Maria Ines Parnisari, Jan 18 '14 at 03:50
Also: you're calling `find_elementS` and then calling `click`. You probably don't want that. — Maria Ines Parnisari, Jan 18 '14 at 03:51
@l19 that also does not work. actually when i click over that it should start downloading .tar.gz file — 2964502, Jan 18 '14 at 03:54
An `` is *not* a clickable. The button you want is some other element. It's probably inside the table somewhere. — zwol, Jan 18 '14 at 03:54
Have you debugged this? Can you split the line into two and see what `find_elements` returns? — Maria Ines Parnisari, Jan 18 '14 at 03:55
@Zack I can really click over the download button, but i could not make it through selenium — 2964502, Jan 18 '14 at 03:56
@l19 it gives using browser.find_element_by_id('originator_node') — 2964502, Jan 18 '14 at 03:58
I don't know how to tell you to generate the event you want, because *you have shown us the wrong part of the document*. Messing around with a random `` that happens to be in the same form is not going to accomplish anything. — zwol, Jan 18 '14 at 04:04
@Zack I am very sorry. You are right! I have uploaded new image, please have a look. — 2964502, Jan 18 '14 at 04:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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depend of how many similar links you have on that page try:

browser.find_element_by_partial_link_text(
                              'https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/download/').click()

for more locating options see the docs

also, note that you'll have to add the chrome equivalent of Access to file download dialog in Firefox to avoid a download dialog

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Jan 18 '14 at 04:36

Guy Gavriely

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your code does not work anymore, can you provide working code? @Guy – 2964502 Jan 18 '14 at 06:17
sorry, it's hard to tell without the real html, use print statements to debug the html element you are locating, you'll have to somehow find the relevant `a` link and click on it... – Guy Gavriely Jan 18 '14 at 06:22

How to click on hidden object using Selenium Python

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