I am using python-selenium to run automated tests. In the complex non-public environment these tests are running in I found something what I would label as a bug in selenium.
Basically what I try to do is to find some element in the DOM, when it becomes clickable, and then click it. The code is as follows:
....
what = (By.XPATH, '//button/span[contains(text(), "Load")]')
element = WebDriverWait(bspdriver.webdriver, 60).\
until(EC.element_to_be_clickable(what))
element.click()
....
However, the click method fails almost immediately with the following error message:
ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: Element <button class="ivu-btn ivu-btn-primary ivu-btn-long ivu-btn-small" type="button"> is not clickable at point (1193.3332901000977,522) because another element <div class="ivu-modal-wrap vertical-center-modal circuit-loading-modal"> obscures it
I though I am waiting for the element to be clickable! I assumed that EC.element_to_be_clickable means exactly that. But it does not. Is that a bug in selenium?
A workaround is the following code:
mustend = time.time() + 60
while time.time() < mustend:
try:
WebDriverWait(bspdriver.webdriver, 60).\
until(EC.element_to_be_clickable(what)).click()
break
except (TimeoutException, NoSuchElementException,
StaleElementReferenceException,
ElementClickInterceptedException) as e:
time.sleep(1.0)
which does not look so nice to me. Is there a way to improve the code? Is there a bug in selenium? If so, I can report it...
Used packages:
- selenium 3.8.0 and 3.11.0
- geckodriver 0.19.1
- python 2.7.12
- py.test 3.6.1
Full error message:
....
> element.click()
selenium/test_pair_recording.py:66:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
../venvs/linux_selenium/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py:80: in click
self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
../venvs/linux_selenium/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py:501: in _execute
return self._parent.execute(command, params)
../venvs/linux_selenium/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py:311: in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
self = <selenium.webdriver.remote.errorhandler.ErrorHandler object at 0x7fe69694fd90>
response = {'status': 400, 'value': '{"value":{"error":"element click intercepted","message":"Element <button class=\"ivu-btn ivu...gate@chrome://marionette/content/listener.js:414:13\nclickElement@chrome://marionette/content/listener.js:1220:5\n"}}'}
def check_response(self, response):
"""
Checks that a JSON response from the WebDriver does not have an error.
:Args:
- response - The JSON response from the WebDriver server as a dictionary
object.
:Raises: If the response contains an error message.
"""
status = response.get('status', None)
if status is None or status == ErrorCode.SUCCESS:
return
value = None
message = response.get("message", "")
screen = response.get("screen", "")
stacktrace = None
if isinstance(status, int):
value_json = response.get('value', None)
if value_json and isinstance(value_json, basestring):
import json
try:
value = json.loads(value_json)
if len(value.keys()) == 1:
value = value['value']
status = value.get('error', None)
if status is None:
status = value["status"]
message = value["value"]
if not isinstance(message, basestring):
value = message
message = message.get('message')
else:
message = value.get('message', None)
except ValueError:
pass
exception_class = ErrorInResponseException
if status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_ELEMENT:
exception_class = NoSuchElementException
elif status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_FRAME:
exception_class = NoSuchFrameException
elif status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_WINDOW:
exception_class = NoSuchWindowException
elif status in ErrorCode.STALE_ELEMENT_REFERENCE:
exception_class = StaleElementReferenceException
elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_NOT_VISIBLE:
exception_class = ElementNotVisibleException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_ELEMENT_STATE:
exception_class = InvalidElementStateException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_SELECTOR \
or status in ErrorCode.INVALID_XPATH_SELECTOR \
or status in ErrorCode.INVALID_XPATH_SELECTOR_RETURN_TYPER:
exception_class = InvalidSelectorException
elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_IS_NOT_SELECTABLE:
exception_class = ElementNotSelectableException
elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_NOT_INTERACTABLE:
exception_class = ElementNotInteractableException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_COOKIE_DOMAIN:
exception_class = InvalidCookieDomainException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNABLE_TO_SET_COOKIE:
exception_class = UnableToSetCookieException
elif status in ErrorCode.TIMEOUT:
exception_class = TimeoutException
elif status in ErrorCode.SCRIPT_TIMEOUT:
exception_class = TimeoutException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_ERROR:
exception_class = WebDriverException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNEXPECTED_ALERT_OPEN:
exception_class = UnexpectedAlertPresentException
elif status in ErrorCode.NO_ALERT_OPEN:
exception_class = NoAlertPresentException
elif status in ErrorCode.IME_NOT_AVAILABLE:
exception_class = ImeNotAvailableException
elif status in ErrorCode.IME_ENGINE_ACTIVATION_FAILED:
exception_class = ImeActivationFailedException
elif status in ErrorCode.MOVE_TARGET_OUT_OF_BOUNDS:
exception_class = MoveTargetOutOfBoundsException
elif status in ErrorCode.JAVASCRIPT_ERROR:
exception_class = JavascriptException
elif status in ErrorCode.SESSION_NOT_CREATED:
exception_class = SessionNotCreatedException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT:
exception_class = InvalidArgumentException
elif status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_COOKIE:
exception_class = NoSuchCookieException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNABLE_TO_CAPTURE_SCREEN:
exception_class = ScreenshotException
elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_CLICK_INTERCEPTED:
exception_class = ElementClickInterceptedException
elif status in ErrorCode.INSECURE_CERTIFICATE:
exception_class = InsecureCertificateException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_COORDINATES:
exception_class = InvalidCoordinatesException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_SESSION_ID:
exception_class = InvalidSessionIdException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_METHOD:
exception_class = UnknownMethodException
else:
exception_class = WebDriverException
if value == '' or value is None:
value = response['value']
if isinstance(value, basestring):
if exception_class == ErrorInResponseException:
raise exception_class(response, value)
raise exception_class(value)
if message == "" and 'message' in value:
message = value['message']
screen = None
if 'screen' in value:
screen = value['screen']
stacktrace = None
if 'stackTrace' in value and value['stackTrace']:
stacktrace = []
try:
for frame in value['stackTrace']:
line = self._value_or_default(frame, 'lineNumber', '')
file = self._value_or_default(frame, 'fileName', '<anonymous>')
if line:
file = "%s:%s" % (file, line)
meth = self._value_or_default(frame, 'methodName', '<anonymous>')
if 'className' in frame:
meth = "%s.%s" % (frame['className'], meth)
msg = " at %s (%s)"
msg = msg % (meth, file)
stacktrace.append(msg)
except TypeError:
pass
if exception_class == ErrorInResponseException:
raise exception_class(response, message)
elif exception_class == UnexpectedAlertPresentException and 'alert' in value:
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace, value['alert'].get('text'))
> raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
E ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: Element <button class="ivu-btn ivu-btn-primary ivu-btn-long ivu-btn-small" type="button"> is not clickable at point (1193.3332901000977,522) because another element <div class="ivu-modal-wrap vertical-center-modal circuit-loading-modal"> obscures it
../venvs/linux_selenium/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py:237: ElementClickInterceptedException
