As titled, seems like I just can't select the drop down menu from this website no matter what.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
driver=webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://assessing.nashuanh.gov/search.asp')
time.sleep(1)
select=Select(driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="cboSearchType"]'))
select.select_by_value('2')
First you have to handdle the frames in your page. Also looks like there is no value 2 inside this dropdown, so you have to pass a valid value.
driver.switch_to.frame("middle")
select = Select(driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="cboSearchType"]'))
select.select_by_value('Parcel')
The <option> element with value/text as Owner within the html-select is within an <frame> 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 and select_by_value():
driver.get('https://assessing.nashuanh.gov/search.asp')
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"frame[name='middle']")))
Select(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "select#cboSearchType")))).select_by_value("Owner")
Using XPATH and select_by_visible_text():
driver.get('https://assessing.nashuanh.gov/search.asp')
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//frame[@name='middle']")))
Select(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//select[@id='cboSearchType']")))).select_by_visible_text("Owner")
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:
You can find a couple of relevant discussions in: