How can I click a href button using python 3.8 selenium?

Question

1. The problem: I'm trying to click this href here:

2. Fail attempts: I tried to use these to no avail

   driver.find_element_by_link_text('Join').click()
   driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text('href').click()
   

Answer 1

You can use xpath instead of link text.

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//a[contains(text(), "John"]').click()

Or add space in front of John.

driver.find_element_by_link_text(' Join').click()

Answer 2

To click on the element with text as Join you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using partial_link_text:

  driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text("Join").click()
  

• Using xpath:

  driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(., 'Join')]").click()
  

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

• Using PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "Join"))).click()
  

• Using XPATH:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[contains(., 'Join')]"))).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