Is there a way to click on a button by just knowing the href? With no id or value to clearly distinguish. With Selenium in python

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Hello I am trying to work on a side personal project for automating email accounts. I am relatively new to Selenium and am having trouble clicking the signup button. I have tried the two following methods but none of them seem to be working.

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@link= "https://protonmail.com/signup"]').click()
driver.find_elements_by_link_text('SIGN UP').click()

This is what I see when I click inspect element on the sign up button by the way. There is no id or value that can will easily classify the button.

<a href="signup" class="btn btn-default btn-short">SIGN UP </a>

Guy · Answer 1 · 2019-11-21T07:24:49.103

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You can use the href attribute like this

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@href="signup"]')

You can also locate by the text, but you need to take the space into account, so use partial text

driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text('SIGN UP')

edited Nov 21 '19 at 07:24

answered Nov 21 '19 at 07:20

Guy

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Thank you! That did the trick. Would you mind explaining to me why this is the proper way to approach this situation? – xHect Nov 21 '19 at 07:24
@xHect the `href` is an attribute, and its value is `signup`. You need to use the attribute as is. – Guy Nov 21 '19 at 07:25
ooh ok, thank you for your assistance @Guy – xHect Nov 21 '19 at 07:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '19 at 07:21

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I think you can use tag+value selector.

driver.find_element_by_css_selector("a[value='SIGN UP ']").click()

answered Nov 21 '19 at 07:21

Raymond Reddington

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There is no `value` in the html. – Guy Nov 21 '19 at 07:23

Is there a way to click on a button by just knowing the href? With no id or value to clearly distinguish. With Selenium in python

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