I don't understand why this error shows up. Is there any solution?

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This is my code, the for loop fails at (i == 7), but i = 1 to 6 passes with same elements. I don't know why. I'm trying to automate the website to download the e-PDF files. Can anyone help me out?

public class bookboon {
static WebDriver d  ;
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\User_2\\Downloads\\chromedriver_win32\\chromedriver.exe");

    String downloadFilepath = "C:\\Users\\User_2\\Desktop\\bookboon\\";
    HashMap<String, Object> chromePrefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    chromePrefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);
    chromePrefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);
    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
    options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", chromePrefs);
    DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
    cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
    cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);


    d = new ChromeDriver(cap);
    d.get("http://bookboon.com/en/accounting-ebooks");
    int rowCount = 1;
    Row row;
    XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
    XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("bookboon");



    Object[][] Title= {
            {"Title","author","Pages","Discription",},
                };
        for (Object[] aBook : Title) {
            row = sheet.createRow(0);
            int columnCount = 0;
                for (Object field : aBook) {
                    Cell cell = row.createCell(columnCount++);
                        if (field instanceof String) {
                            cell.setCellValue((String) field);
                        } else if (field instanceof Integer) {
                                  cell.setCellValue((Integer) field);
                            }
                    }       
        }


        try (FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\User_2\\Desktop\\bookboon\\bookboon_files\\bookboon.xlsx")){ 
            workbook.write(outputStream);
            } 

        List<WebElement> downlinks = d.findElements(By.className("pdf"));
        for(int i=1;i<=downlinks.size();i++) { // problem is when it comes to i==7.
            downlinks.get(i).click();
                if(i>=2) {
                  d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div/section[1]/form/div[3]/a")).click();//loop fails here 
                  d.findElement(By.id("email")).sendKeys("asd@ymail.com");
                  WebElement One=d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div/section[1]/form/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/input"));
                  One.sendKeys("Studying");
                  One.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
                  WebElement Two=d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div/section[1]/form/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/input"));
                  Two.sendKeys("Engineer/Science MSc");
                  Two.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
                  WebElement Three=d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div/section[1]/form/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/input"));
                  Three.sendKeys("All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi");
                  Three.sendKeys(Keys.TAB); 
                  d.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='download']/form/button")).click();
            }



        else {  
            d.findElement(By.id("email")).sendKeys("asd@ymail.com");
            WebElement One=d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div/section[1]/form/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/input"));
            One.sendKeys("Studying");
            One.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
            WebElement Two=d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div/section[1]/form/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/input"));
            Two.sendKeys("Engineer/Science MSc");
            Two.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);
            WebElement Three=d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div/section[1]/form/div[2]/div[2]/div[3]/input"));
            Three.sendKeys("All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi");
            Three.sendKeys(Keys.TAB); 
            d.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='download']/form/button")).click();
        }
        Thread.sleep(1000); 
        d.navigate().back();
        try {
            WebElement l1 =d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div[2]/article["+i+"]/a/h3")) ;
            WebElement l2 =d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div[2]/article["+i+"]/a/div[1]")) ;
            WebElement l3 =d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div[2]/article["+i+"]/a/div[2]/span[4]")) ;
            WebElement l4 =d.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[1]/div/article/div[2]/article["+i+"]/a/p")) ;

            Object[][] bookData = {
             {l1.getText(),l2.getText(),l3.getText(),l4.getText()},
                                 };  
 for (Object[] aBook : bookData) {
              row = sheet.createRow(rowCount);
 //  System.out.println("before "+rowCount);
              rowCount = rowCount+1 ;
 //  System.out.println("after "+rowCount);
              int columnCount = 0;
                        for (Object field : aBook) {
                            Cell cell = row.createCell(columnCount++);
                            if (field instanceof String) {
                                cell.setCellValue((String) field);
                            } else if (field instanceof Integer) {
                        cell.setCellValue((Integer) field);
                                }
                            }           
    }
            } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
                    }


        try (FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\User_2\\Desktop\\bookboon\\bookboon_files\\bookboon.xlsx")) 
        {
            workbook.write(outputStream);
        }
        downlinks = d.findElements(By.className("pdf"));
    }
}

I have mentioned where the loop fails in my code . I also tried different methods to make it good , i feel sad that i couldn't fix it .

Error: Starting ChromeDriver 2.32.498550 (9dec58e66c31bcc53a9ce3c7226f0c1c5810906a) on port 14875 Only local connections are allowed. log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info. Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: Element ... is not clickable at point (675, 505). Other element would receive the click: ... (Session info: chrome=61.0.3163.100) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.32.498550 (9dec58e66c31bcc53a9ce3c7226f0c1c5810906a),platform=Windows NT 6.1.7600 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information) Command duration or timeout: 47 milliseconds

link to error readout

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Possible duplicate of [Selenium Web Driver & Java. Element is not clickable at point (36, 72). Other element would receive the click:](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44912203/selenium-web-driver-java-element-is-not-clickable-at-point-36-72-other-el) — undetected Selenium, Oct 10 '17 at 15:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '17 at 11:20

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In these lines of code :

List<WebElement> downlinks = d.findElements(By.className("pdf"));
for(int i=1;i<=downlinks.size();i++) {
    downlinks.get(i).click();

downlinks.get(i) gets you the element at index i. The index starts with 0, so the last element is at index size() - 1. Here is what happens :

downlinks.get(0) // first element
downlinks.get(1) // second element, you started here
// . . .
downlinks.get(downlinks.size() - 1) // last element
downlinks.get(downlinks.size()) // out of bounds, you stopped here

The quick fix for that is simply replacing

for(int i=1;i<=downlinks.size();i++) {

with

for(int i = 0;i < downlinks.size();i++) {

answered Oct 10 '17 at 11:20

Paul Lemarchand

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ERROR :unknown error: Element ... is not clickable at point (675, 505). Other element would receive the click:
...
– SarathChandar Oct 10 '17 at 11:55
But i have used the loop , it runs for the first five iterations , i have used the same elements . Pls help! – SarathChandar Oct 10 '17 at 11:57
well, did you try to fix the design issue ? apparently at point (675, 505) there is a div, not a link as stated by your error. – Paul Lemarchand Oct 10 '17 at 12:00
Can u suggest me any fixes ?? – SarathChandar Oct 10 '17 at 12:04
it is a completely different problem than the one you asked for. It probably isnt even in the code you showed, but in the associated view. – Paul Lemarchand Oct 10 '17 at 12:05
Bro is there any solution ? – SarathChandar Oct 10 '17 at 12:08
Check this, the problem seems very similar : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11908249/debugging-element-is-not-clickable-at-point-error – Paul Lemarchand Oct 10 '17 at 12:10

I don't understand why this error shows up. Is there any solution?

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