selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: this error will getting when I'm trying to button click using python

Question

I'm using Selenium package to button click for a website. When I'm trying i'm getting an error as:

selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:

this is the code which trying to run.

import time 
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC 
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as BSoup
from datetime import date, timedelta
import pyodbc 
import datetime

browser =  webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get("https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/rates-and-indicators/exchange-rates/daily-buy-and-sell-exchange-rates")
#time.sleep(10)

#browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="dailyexchange"]/div[2]/div/button[1]').click()

wait = WebDriverWait(browser, 20)
element = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="dailyexchange"]/div[2]/div/button[1]')))
element.click()

Possible duplicate of [function for switching frames in python, selenium](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28723143/function-for-switching-frames-in-python-selenium) — Guy, Nov 27 '18 at 06:05

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-27T06:47:32.073

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You need to switch to iframe before clicking button:

browser.get("https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/rates-and-indicators/exchange-rates/daily-buy-and-sell-exchange-rates")
wait = WebDriverWait(browser, 20)
wait.until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it('iFrameResizer2'))
element = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.NAME, 'select_button')))
element.location_once_scrolled_into_view
element.click()

edited Nov 27 '18 at 06:47

answered Nov 27 '18 at 06:05

Andersson

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Now I didn't receive the error now but the click option is not working – Haz Nov 27 '18 at 06:11
@Haz which button you want to click? – Andersson Nov 27 '18 at 06:13
Select All button – Haz Nov 27 '18 at 06:13
@Haz , check updated and let me know if problem still persist – Andersson Nov 27 '18 at 06:20
Thank you very much. the thing is when the button was clicked there were some checked boxes. and that need to be select all. still that part is not working. – Haz Nov 27 '18 at 06:26
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@Haz , try to add `browser.maximize_window()` before `driver.get(...)` – Andersson Nov 27 '18 at 06:39
@Haz , did you try? Also try to scroll down to button using updated code – Andersson Nov 27 '18 at 06:56
I have tried it just now. It's working now Thank you very much for your help – Haz Nov 27 '18 at 06:58

undetected Selenium · Answer 2 · 2018-11-27T06:59:47.307

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The desired element is within an <iframe> so you have to:

Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.
Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

You can use either of the following solutions:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

options = Options()
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
browser = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
browser.get("https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/rates-and-indicators/exchange-rates/daily-buy-and-sell-exchange-rates")
WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe#iFrameResizer2[src='/cbsl_custom/exratestt/exratestt.php']")))
WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button.btn.btn-default[name='select_button']"))).click()

Browser Snapshot:

edited Nov 27 '18 at 06:59

answered Nov 27 '18 at 06:30

undetected Selenium

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This is the exactly what @Andersson answered, only with better locators. – Guy Nov 27 '18 at 06:33
@Guy there are a lot of fundamental differences between the two solutions. You can ask a counter question or raise a new question. Stackoverflow contributors will be happy to help you out. – undetected Selenium Nov 27 '18 at 06:37
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Thanks, but I don't have any question. You both used the same `expected_conditions`. But while @Andersson used `id` and `name` you used `xpath`, and on top of that you added `class` dependency to the locator instead of relaying on the unique identifiers. – Guy Nov 27 '18 at 06:42
Thank you for all your answers. I don't have much knowledge in selenium. I'm new to it. Still all the solutions were not working. (Button click is not working) – Haz Nov 27 '18 at 06:51
@Haz Checkout my updated answer and let me know the status – undetected Selenium Nov 27 '18 at 06:52
Yes the solution which you have gave also working. thank you very much for the answer. – Haz Nov 27 '18 at 07:06
@Haz Glad to be able to help you !!! Upvote the answer if this/any answer is/was helpful to you for the benefit of the future readers. – undetected Selenium Nov 27 '18 at 07:21

selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: this error will getting when I'm trying to button click using python

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