Python/Splinter: How to find and select an option on a site?

Question

Using Python and Splinter, currently, I need to define exactly what text, option1 to click on when an option is found on a page:

from splinter import Browser
browser = Browser('chrome')

browser.find_option_by_text(option1).first.click()

But if the option1 is not there, how can I fall back and choose any next option available rather than having to define it?

And is it possible to just find an option on a page and choose any first, available option encountered, without having to define the option?

Thank you in advance and will be sure to upvote/accept answer

Years ago I used mechanize library to do such thing. My python skills are a bit dust right now though. — Burak Kaan Köse, May 04 '17 at 07:53
@BurakKaanKöse If you ever get around to it, would really appreciate it! — Jo Ko, May 05 '17 at 17:12

Fernando Cezar · Answer 1 · 2017-04-27T11:57:57.400

You could get all the options in the page. So if the first search for option1 is empty, you can resume to the next options available.

selected_option = browser.find_option_by_text(option1) or browser.find_by_tag('option')
selected_option = selected_option.first if selected_option else None

The inline if in the second line is there because the find_by_tag can also return an empty list if there are no options at all in that page.

The find_by_tag method is the response for both questions, since you can use it as a fallback or collect all the options at once.

Python/Splinter: How to find and select an option on a site?

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