Python Selenium Find By Link Text Issue

Question

I am trying to write some code to automate the bets that I make. I am using Python 3 with Selenium and the Chrome Driver.

I am using the following website.

www.bet365.com

I have managed to make a script to log into the site but I cannot make it select the 'Horse Racing' link. The code I have is as follows:

browser.find_element_by_link_text("Horse Racing").click()

It gives me the following error message:

NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"link text","selector":"Horse Racing"} (Session info: chrome=80.0.3987.122)

Does anyone have any advice? I have searched online but can't find a solution.

Thanks.

Cant find Horse Racing on home page. Is it only available after you are logged in? — Knu8, Mar 04 '20 at 14:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 04 '20 at 14:50

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You have to use the xpath to find elements by text:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[text()=\"Horse Racing\"]").click()

Change the tag "a" to the right one.

Hope this helps.

answered Mar 04 '20 at 14:50

guren

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Thanks for the response. However, can you clarify what you mean by changing "a" to the "right one"? Do you mean the full XPath, which is '/html/body/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/div[17]/text()' in this case. Thanks. – James Hobbins Mar 04 '20 at 15:52
In the xpath description (`"//a[text()=\"Horse Racing\"]"`) it is looking for a tag "//a" that has the text "Horse Racing". And I don't know if the element that you are looking for is an or a
, etc... So if the element isn't you need to change it. I don't have an account in the site to test it.
– guren Mar 04 '20 at 16:02
Ok I didn't read all you had written, from your data it should be ´"//div[text()=\"Horse Racing\"]"´ – guren Mar 04 '20 at 16:05
Thanks that worked. Much appreciated. – James Hobbins Mar 05 '20 at 15:14

Python Selenium Find By Link Text Issue

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