Clicking JavaScript links in Selenium WebDriver and Python

Question

I am using Selenium Webdriver in Python and I got stuck trying to activate a javascript button.

What I need to do here is to click the Go to Previous Month button twice so that I have August 2014. And then I need to click on one of the days.

The images below show the code. Please tell me if I need to provide more info.

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THIS IS THE "GO TO PREVIOUS MONTH BUTTON" + INSPECT ELEMENT

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AND HERE I'VE CLICKED ON THE 1ST OF AUGUST + INSPECT ELEMENT ON "1"

How do I do it?

Find a element by title using css selectors and do the click() event on the returned element? — Mikko Ohtamaa, Oct 15 '14 at 08:46
Cool! No problem - clarified the answer in the Answer section. — Mikko Ohtamaa, Oct 15 '14 at 08:56

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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First find your element with CSS selectors (you need to be familiar how CSS selectors work - this is prerequisite for most web development):

elem = webdriver.find_element_by_css_selector("a[title='Go to previous month']")[0]

Then when you get your elem (there might paeg loading time, etc. issues you need to deal with) you can click it.

 elem.click()

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Oct 15 '14 at 08:56

Mikko Ohtamaa

Oh, I forgot to mention that there are actually two calendars on that page, and both have "Go to the previous month" as title of the "<" button... I guess I need to be more specific exactly where I want to press the button. Using xpath? – Alichino Oct 15 '14 at 09:32
`find_element_by_css_selector()` returns multiple elements. Just pick the first or the last one. – Mikko Ohtamaa Oct 15 '14 at 11:37
It's taken a few days, but I finally got it :D Thanks! – Alichino Oct 17 '14 at 14:32

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