NameError: name 'btn' is not defined while find element by XPATH using Selenium

Question

This Xpath and selector info copied from chrome elements inspector:

<button class="btn btn-white btn--no-margin btn--full-width _1XvaFLD3_IpAQNG-OJU2-H _1xNlj_ScH8hEMWzrkRt1A">Sign up</button>

CssSelector:

#main > div > div.Root__top-container.Root__top-container--has-notice-bar > div.Root__nav-bar.Root__nav-bar--has-notice-bar > nav > div.navBar-signupPrompt._3nonY0buM5Z1AF4aRrP8VY > p:nth-child(1) > button

That I have tried to find with:

button = wd.find_element(By.XPATH("//button[contains(text(),'"+btn-white+"')]"))

Which returns an error as:

NameError: name 'btn' is not defined

I found this that shows me how to find by a partial name.

Any help would be appreciated.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 24 '18 at 05:26

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btn-white is a class in the button element, not a text. And you can't use it as a variable it need to be str parameter

button = wd.find_element_by_class_name('btn-white')

Or

button = wd.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, 'btn-white')

If you want to locate by Sign up text

button = wd.find_element(By.XPATH, '//button[.="Sign up"]')

edited Dec 24 '18 at 05:26

JaSON

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answered Dec 19 '18 at 05:40

Guy

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Thanks! FYI the last solution 'locate by "Sign up" text returns an error: selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: 'using' must be a string. Any ideas?? – Dec 19 '18 at 17:06
@GregIven try with single parentheses `wd.find_element(By.XPATH, '//button[.="Sign up"]')` – Guy Dec 19 '18 at 18:55

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 19 '18 at 12:35

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Does it work better for you?

button = wd.find_element(By.XPATH("//button[text()='Sign up']"))

edited Dec 19 '18 at 12:35

undetected Selenium

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 19 '18 at 05:38

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Try with :

wd.find_element(By.XPATH("//button[contains(text(),'Sign up')]"))

answered Dec 19 '18 at 05:38

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NameError: name 'btn' is not defined while find element by XPATH using Selenium

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