Unable to locate element in Python Using selenium

Question

i have a problem with locating element with xPath.

<li>
  <a aria-current="false" href="/drop"> 
    <button tabindex="0" type="button" style="border: 10px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: none; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; position: relative; height: 36px; line-height: 36px; min-width: 88px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); transition: all 450ms cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1) 0ms; border-radius: 2px; user-select: none; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-align: center; top: -7px;">
    <div>
      <span class="material-icons" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); position: relative; font-size: 18px; display: inline-block; user-select: none; transition: all 450ms cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1) 0ms; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 0px;">
        pin_drop
      </span>
      <span style="position: relative; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 16px; vertical-align: middle; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 500; font-size: 14px;">Drop</span>
    </div>
    </button>
  </a>
</li>

browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="root"]/div/div[1]/div[1]/nav/ul/li[7]/a/button/div/span[3]').click()

Hey, i tried using xPath and other method seemms it can't find this element.

Which span you are trying to click ? Is it Drop or pin_drop? — supputuri, Jan 10 '20 at 13:13

supputuri · Answer 1 · 2020-01-10T13:38:18.607

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If you are trying to click on the Drop button then use the below xpath.

//li/a[@href="/drop"]//span[.='Drop']

Include below imports:

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

Your code should be:

WebDriverWait(driver,30).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//li/a[@href='/drop']//span[.='Drop']"))).click()

edited Jan 10 '20 at 13:38

answered Jan 10 '20 at 13:20

supputuri

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The above code will make sure the script will wait until the Drop element is clickable. – supputuri Jan 10 '20 at 13:33
Have you tried the code from my answer? If still you get NoSuchElement exception then you might have to check if the element is present in the iframe. – supputuri Jan 10 '20 at 13:35
NameError: name 'driver' is not defined Still not getting to work Yeah i included everything still not working – Lukas Ališauskas Jan 10 '20 at 13:37
I done it still not working NameError: name 'driver' is not defined – Lukas Ališauskas Jan 10 '20 at 13:46
Its no't in iframe – Lukas Ališauskas Jan 10 '20 at 13:47
Are you getting 'NoSuchElment' exception when you run the script? Can you please paste the trace log here – supputuri Jan 10 '20 at 13:57
And also check if the xpath works in chrome browser Elements window. – supputuri Jan 10 '20 at 13:58
Tried `WebDriverWait(browser,30).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//li/a[@href='/drop']//span[.='Drop']"))).click()` and got error `selenium.common.exceptions.ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: element click intercepted: Element` ` – Lukas Ališauskas Jan 10 '20 at 15:05
It don't work in console but it works when using ChroPath Plugin it works tried using Xpath and CSS SELECTOR still no results – Lukas Ališauskas Jan 11 '20 at 11:04

undetected Selenium · Answer 2 · 2020-01-10T14:44:12.187

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To click() on the element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "li > a[href=/drop] > button span:nth-of-type(2)")))

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//li/a[@href='/drop']/button//span[text()='Drop']")))

Note : You have to add the following imports :

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

edited Jan 10 '20 at 14:44

answered Jan 10 '20 at 14:11

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@LukasAlišauskas Check out the updated answer and let me know the status. – undetected Selenium Jan 10 '20 at 14:44
`raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:` Still i got error @DebanjanB When using xPath it shows no error but not working – Lukas Ališauskas Jan 10 '20 at 14:53
@LukasAlišauskas _TimeoutException_ is the outcome of **failed** _expected-conditions_. Debug your code through `find_element_by_*` in-conjunction with `time.sleep()`. If you are able to locate the element, update the question with the observations. Check the HTML and traverse upwards and observe if the element is within an tag, then you have to switch to the desired `<iframe>` first before clicking the element. Check this [discussion](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47993443/selenium-selenium-common-exceptions-nosuchelementexception-when-using-chrome/47995294#47995294) – undetected Selenium Jan 10 '20 at 22:25
Tried a lot of thing but still not wroking read full discuss still i got error there is no When i trie to find element trough consolei `get Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier` But when i use ChroPath It finds elemnt and everything ok please help @supputuri – Lukas Ališauskas Jan 11 '20 at 10:59
I found way to do it `driver.get('https://link/drop') ` like so but there is button and i can't click it same problem – Lukas Ališauskas Jan 11 '20 at 11:21

Unable to locate element in Python Using selenium

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