Trying to click a button but keep getting an error with xpath

Question

I am trying to automate pulling credit charges into an excel sheet; I have managed to get the login working. Once I enter the website, there's a button titled "Search". I cant seem to figure out how to have that button clicked.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC 
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

import time

chromedriver = "C:/Python_Ex/chromedriver_win32/chromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriver)
delay = 30
driver.get("https://global.americanexpress.com/activity/date-range?from=2020-05-01&to=2020-05-30")

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="eliloUserID"]').send_keys("removed")
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="eliloPassword"]').send_keys("removed")
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="loginSubmit"]').click()

time.sleep(10)

#print(driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//*[@id="root"]/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[5]/div/div[3]/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div[1]/section/div[4]/div[2]/button'))
search_button = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//*[@id="root"]/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[5]/div/div[3]/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div[1]/section/div[4]/div[2]/button')
search_button.click()

html tag is as follows

<button class="btn btn-fluid" tabindex="0" type="button"> <span>Search</span></button>

Xpath as follows

//*[@id="root"]/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[5]/div/div[3]/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div[1]/section/div[4]/div[2]/button

Any help is appreciated.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '20 at 00:22

After login submited, try to add the below code:

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driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="loginSubmit"]').click()

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 20)
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[@class='btn btn-fluid']//span[text()='Search']"))).click()

Following import:

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

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '20 at 09:12

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To click() on the <button> with text as Search using Selenium you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button.btn.btn-fluid[type='button']>span"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[@class='btn btn-fluid']/span[text()='Search']"))).click()

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

answered Jun 05 '20 at 09:12

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Thanks for all the help What does './span[text()='Search'' do to the Xpath? I tried it with just the class before but it didn't work. I guess the span[...] was the missing component; curious how it gets it work? – newbie_khan Jun 05 '20 at 15:31
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@newbie_khan `//span[text()='Search']` looks for the text _Search_ within a `` element within a parent ` – undetected Selenium Jun 05 '20 at 17:23
QQ: How would i access May 27 text in the html code below?
May 27
– newbie_khan Jun 06 '20 at 00:46
Also, once all the search button is clicked will I be able to access the new contents on the webpage using driver or do I have to do something to load the new contents in driver? – newbie_khan Jun 06 '20 at 00:53

Trying to click a button but keep getting an error with xpath

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