Python, selenium - how to refresh page until item found?

Question

I am trying to refresg page until item appears but my code doesn't work (I took pattern on that: python selenium keep refreshing until item found (Chromedriver)).

Here is the code:

while True:
    try:
        for h1 in driver.find_elements_by_class_name("name-link"):
            text = h1.text.replace('\uFEFF', "")
            if "Puffy" in text:
                break
    except NoSuchElementException:
        driver.refresh
    else:
        for h1 in driver.find_elements_by_class_name("name-link"):
            text = h1.text.replace('\uFEFF', "")
            if "Puffy" in text:
                h1.click()
                break
        break

These fragment is because I have to find one item with the same class name and replace BOM with "" (find_element_by_partial_link_text didn't work).

for h1 in driver.find_elements_by_class_name("name-link"):
    text = h1.text.replace('\uFEFF', "")
    if "Puffy" in text:
        break

Could someone help me? Thanks a lot.

Why are the items not on the page? Why does refreshing make them appear? — Ian Lesperance, Mar 07 '18 at 23:14

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-08T08:35:04.640

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You're trying to get list of elements (driver.find_elements_by_class_name() might return list of elements or empty list - no exceptions) - you cannot get NoSuchElementException in this case, so driver.refresh will not be executed. Try below instead

while True:
    if any(["Puffy" in h1.text.replace('\uFEFF', "") for h1 in driver.find_elements_by_class_name("name-link")]):
        break
    else:
        driver.refresh
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(., 'Puffy')]").click()

edited Mar 08 '18 at 08:35

answered Mar 07 '18 at 19:54

Andersson

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But in which way can I click these element? – Nudam Mar 07 '18 at 22:36
Oh, I didn't notice that you also want to click it... Try `driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(., 'Puffy')]").click()` – Andersson Mar 08 '18 at 08:35
However, I do not need this (clicking) but your answer works. Thanks! – Nudam Mar 08 '18 at 22:21

Python, selenium - how to refresh page until item found?

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