Unable to reliably select element regardless of method using Selenium

Question

I'm trying to select the "Majors" button on [this webpage] (https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/marketwatch/historical/)

I am able to switch into the iframe where this element is contained, but trying to click by using the xpath, id or class name of the element all result in a seemingly random button within the same column being selected. Below is the current code I'm using along with a screenshot of inspection of the button.

majorforexbutton = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[9]/div[1]/div[3]/ul/li[4]')
majorforexbutton.click()

screenshot:

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driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id=':5x']").click() Try this one out. — Arundeep Chohan, Sep 04 '20 at 01:37

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

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Try grabbing your element and trying either one of the bottom.

elem = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(
EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, ":5x")))

1 of these:

elem.click()

driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", elem)

answered Sep 04 '20 at 04:14

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-04T10:27:05.860

The element with text as Majors field is within a <iframe> so you have to:

Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.
Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

driver.get('https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/marketwatch/historical/')
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe[src*='freeserv.dukascopy.com/2.0/?path=historical_data_feed']")))
driver.execute_script("return arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[text()='Instrument']"))))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "li[data-group='FX_MAJORS'][data-parent='FX']"))).click()

Using XPATH:

driver.get('https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/marketwatch/historical/')
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[contains(@src, 'freeserv.dukascopy.com/2.0/?path=historical_data_feed')]")))
driver.execute_script("return arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[text()='Instrument']"))))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//li[text()='Majors']"))).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

Browser Snapshot:

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You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

Did you try to click Major button manually on page ?? Please try to click it manually and see the difference . Actually your **output is wrong** as it has not clicked Major button instead it has clicked Austria under Stock (CFD) section. — rahul rai, Sep 04 '20 at 10:10
@rahulrai Good observation. Check out the updated answer and let me know the status. — undetected Selenium, Sep 04 '20 at 10:27
Yeah, can see from attached output major is selected. Thanks!! — rahul rai, Sep 04 '20 at 10:42
@EliBain Feel free to visit [Selenium Chat Room](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/223360/selenium) and help other users. — undetected Selenium, Oct 20 '20 at 18:35

Unable to reliably select element regardless of method using Selenium

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