Python selenium clicking a button

Question

I am trying to write a python script to automatically download csv using the "Download CSV" button from the below link: https://chartink.com/screener/copy-supertrend-negative-breakout-1103

from selenium import webdriver
import pandas as pd

DRIVER_PATH = r"C:\Users\u123456\Downloads\chromedriver\chromedriver.exe"
d = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=DRIVER_PATH)
d.get('https://chartink.com/screener/copy-supertrend-negative-breakout-1103')
download_button = pd.read_html(d.find_element_by_class_name('btn btn-default buttons-excel buttons-html5 btn-primary'))[0]
#table = pd.read_html(d.find_element_by_id('DataTables_Table_0').get_attribute('outerHTML'))[0]
print(download_button)

I am not finding any clue on how to click that button and download it to local drive. Any help would be highly appreciated.

Edit: I tried the below code and got it working, Now I would like to know if we can find the filename and load it into pandas dataframe.

element = d.find_element_by_link_text("Download csv")
element.click()

Thanks, mc

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '20 at 11:14

To click on the element Download csv you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using link_text:

driver.find_element_by_link_text("Download csv").click()

Using css_selector:

driver.find_element_by_css_selector("a.btn.btn-default.buttons-excel.buttons-html5.btn-primary[value='Download backtest']").click()

Using xpath:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@value='Download backtest' and text()='Download csv']").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 LINK_TEXT:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.LINK_TEXT, "Download csv"))).click()

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a.btn.btn-default.buttons-excel.buttons-html5.btn-primary[value='Download backtest']"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[@value='Download backtest' and text()='Download csv']"))).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

Thanks Debanjan. Can you also please let me know how to read this file dynamically into a dataframe? — mrcool4, Dec 07 '20 at 22:12
Hi @Debanjan, I have found the solution to my original problem myself but thanks for your response too but I am looking for a solution on next step. — mrcool4, Dec 07 '20 at 22:23
@mrcool4 As per your question heading _....Python selenium clicking a button.._ I thought your question was to click on the button. Hence was the answer. Feel free to raise a new question as per your new requirement. StackOverflow contributors will be happy to help you out. — undetected Selenium, Dec 07 '20 at 22:30
accepted your answer, can you also please upvote the question as someone has deliberately negged the entire thread? — mrcool4, Dec 07 '20 at 22:32

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