Click a href button with selenium (PhantomJS) and python

Question

So i got this html from a website:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" dir="rtl" lang="he" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta id="e_vb_meta_bburl" name="vb_meta_bburl" content="http://www.fxp.co.il" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9"/>
<base href="//www.fxp.co.il" /><!--[if IE]></base><![endif]-->
<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.fxp.co.il/login.php?do=login" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="//images.fxp.co.il/images3/fav.png">
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 4.2.2" />
<meta name="keywords" content="FXP,פורום,פורומים,fxp,משחקים,סרטים,כיף,רשת,מחשבים,הורדות,הורדה,סרגל כלים,בדיקת IP,העלאת תמונות" />
<meta name="description" content="מחפשים אתר פורומים ?  אתר FXP מכיל קהילות פורומים, משחקים, תמונות גולשים ועוד. הכנסו עכשיו אל קהילות הפורומים של FXP" />
<meta property="fb:app_id" content="415294715208536" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="FXP" />
<meta property="og:description" content="מחפשים אתר פורומים ?  אתר FXP מכיל קהילות פורומים, משחקים, תמונות גולשים ועוד. הכנסו עכשיו אל קהילות הפורומים של FXP" />
<meta property="og:url" content="http://www.fxp.co.il" />
<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//images.fxp.co.il/css_static_main/main_fxp_20.2.14.css?v=7.11" />
<link href="//www.fxp.co.il/clientscript/awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script type="text/javascript" src="//images.fxp.co.il/clientscript/yui-2.9.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var SESSIONURL = "";
var SECURITYTOKEN = "1456672267-7067c7f37055c9dd77a4fa83ba3b7b6f316c82b1";
var IMGDIR_MISC = "//images.fxp.co.il/images_new/misc";
var IMGDIR_BUTTON = "//images.fxp.co.il/images_new/buttons";
var vb_disable_ajax = parseInt("0", 10);
var SIMPLEVERSION = "4116";
var BBURL = "http://www.fxp.co.il";
var LOGGEDIN = 1152224 > 0 ? true : false;
var THIS_SCRIPT = "login";
var RELPATH = "login.php?do=login";
var PATHS = {
forum : "",
cms   : "",
blog  : ""
};
var AJAXBASEURL = "http://www.fxp.co.il/";

//var AJAXBASEURL = "//www.fxp.co.il/";

// -->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//images.fxp.co.il/clientscript/vbulletin-core.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//images.fxp.co.il/css_static_main/jquery.cookie_new.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#ajax").load('notifc.php?userid=1152224');
$("#noti").click(function () {   
$("#ajax").load('notifc.php?userid=1152224');
}); 
$("#ajax_likes").load('likesno.php?userid=1152224');
$("#noti_like").click(function () {   
$("#ajax_likes").load('likesno.php?userid=1152224');
}); 
});
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//images.fxp.co.il/clientscript/set.js?v=6.5"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//images.fxp.co.il/clientscript/lazyload.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
if (getCookie_bar('bbc_lazyload_fxp') != '1') {
$(".postbody img").lazyload({placeholder : "clear.gif", effect: "fadeIn"});
}
});
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//images.fxp.co.il/advertising/ads.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//images.fxp.co.il/skinfxp/s.php"></script>
<title>FXP</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var forumname = "";
var fxpcategory = "none";
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>DY = {scsec : 8765235 ,API: function(){(DY.API.actions = DY.API.actions || []).push(arguments)}};</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='//dy2.ynet.co.il/scripts/8765235/api_static.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='//dy2.ynet.co.il/scripts/8765235/api_dynamic.js'></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
  })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

  ga('create', 'UA-598971-1', 'auto');
  ga('require', 'displayfeatures');   
  ga('send', 'pageview');

</script>
<script type="text/javascript"> 
ga('set', 'dimension1', 'Registered');
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="standard_error">
<form class="block vbform" method="post" action="http://www.fxp.co.il/" name="postvarform">
<h2 class="blockhead">מעביר...</h2>
<div class="blockbody formcontrols">
<p class="blockrow restore">התחברת בהצלחה, Copy_Pasta.</p>
</div>
<div class="blockfoot actionbuttons redirect_button">
<div class="group" id="redirect_button">
<a href="http://www.fxp.co.il/" class="textcontrol">לחץ כאן אם הדפדפן אינו מעביר אותך אוטומטית</a>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<noscript>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="2; URL=http://www.fxp.co.il/" />
</noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function exec_refresh()
{
 window.status = "מעביר..." + myvar;
 myvar = myvar + " .";
 var timerID = setTimeout("exec_refresh();", 100);
 if (timeout > 0)
 {
  timeout -= 1;
 }
 else
 {
  clearTimeout(timerID);
  window.status = "";
  window.location = "http://www.fxp.co.il/";
 }
}

var myvar = "";
var timeout = 20;
exec_refresh();
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>

The page above is supposed to redirect you to another page. I'm looking to click on the button that redirects you immediately if you press it.

It's this button if anyone's wondering

This is the relevant code :

def login_and_redirect():
   #login into the site
   usrnm=raw_input("Please enter your username: ")
   pswrd=raw_input("Please enter your password: ")
   print("Logging in, please stand by...")
   driver.find_element_by_id("navbar_username").send_keys(usrnm)
   driver.find_element_by_id("navbar_password_hint").click()
   driver.find_element_by_id("navbar_password").send_keys(pswrd)
   driver.find_element_by_id("navbar_password").submit()
   #redirect to another page in the site after logging in
   driver.get("http://www.fxp.co.il/forumdisplay.php?f=236")

for some weird reason the function is stuck and phantomJS isn't beign redirected to the URL I wanted it to. My guess is it's because of the redirection page, so i'm trying to get around it by clicking the button. i'd appreciate any help, thanks :)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '16 at 16:55

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You can try below xpaths to click on that re-direct button

 //div[@id='redirect_button']/a

  or

 //a[@href='http://www.fxp.co.il/']

Of-course you can also use css selector here..

Thanks, Murali

answered Feb 28 '16 at 16:55

murali selenium

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I already tried that, I think it's something PhantomJS related because my code works just fine on firefox. – itailitai Feb 28 '16 at 17:11
this will helps you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13536752/phantomjs-click-a-link-on-a-page – murali selenium Feb 28 '16 at 17:18
It's javascript though, i am using python. – itailitai Feb 28 '16 at 17:22
in java i will use javascript executor to execute javascript to click on element.. so may try similar in puthon – murali selenium Feb 28 '16 at 17:25
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7794087/running-javascript-in-selenium-using-python – murali selenium Feb 28 '16 at 17:30
Ok i'll check it out! – itailitai Feb 28 '16 at 17:53

Click a href button with selenium (PhantomJS) and python

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