Unable to locate element on web page

Question

I am unable to locate the sign in element on HTTPS.

This code

   WebElement signin =driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='mc_mainWrapper']/header/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[4]/a/strong"));

causes this error

java.lang.NullPointerException

Try `WebElement signin =driver.findElement(By.linkText("Sign in"));` — Andersson, Jun 11 '17 at 10:28
Can paste the entire code and what line are you getting the error. — Alok, Jun 11 '17 at 10:49
FAILED: main java.lang.NullPointerException at Features.Sign_In_Action.Execute(Sign_In_Action.java:29) at testCases.Framework_001.main(Framework_001.java:55) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at — Ayush, Jun 11 '17 at 10:52
Thanks...yes due to duplicate initialization of driver I found this error... — Ayush, Jun 11 '17 at 15:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 11 '17 at 12:18

I have tried this and link text is working.

public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/home/santhoshkumar/Softwares/Selenium/drivers/chromedriver2.29");
    WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    driver.get("http://www.moneycontrol.com");
    driver.findElement(By.linkText("Sign in")).click();
}

The same xpath that you have written also works well for me.

Unable to locate element on web page

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