Python Selenium - Close Driver When Text is no longer found

Question

Hi I am using selenium to automate test on web pages. I am using selenium and python and would like to have answers in this framework only. I run looping script to check if text is still found or not, if not then close the browser.I have tried my script but only working when text has link on it

    while True:
        try:
            element = WebDriverWait(driver, 5).until(
           EC.presence_of_element_located((By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "My Text"))  
            )
    
        except:
            break
    driver.close()
    driver.quit()

that script is working when text has link, The problem is my text was pure text without any link. i cannot use css selector because the text changing after certain minutes, so i need to locate text not xpath or other. Hope someone can help. thank you

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '21 at 08:48

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You are using By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT which is designed to only find text inside links. If you want to lookup text in all elements, you need to use XPATH:

EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//*[contains(text(), 'My Text')]"))

See for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18701085/14241710

answered Mar 27 '21 at 08:48

Muhammad Faiq

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i did this, but driver wont close when text is changing. Did i miss something? – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 08:57
this is xpath of my text by the way //*[@id="container"]/h1/yt-formatted-string/text() – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 09:18
almost working, it close after i click on different address, but won't close it self when text is changing,, any sugets? – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 16:05
Ps. i need to refresh the page so driver will close – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 16:18

Vova · Answer 2 · 2021-03-27T15:42:49.850

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try that out, might help:

def check_no_longer_present(text):
   try:
       if driver.find_element_by_xpath("//[contains(text(), '{}')".format(text)).is_displayed():
           return False
   except NoSuchElementException:
       return True

if check_no_longer_present('you_text'):
    driver.quit()

edited Mar 27 '21 at 15:42

answered Mar 27 '21 at 09:22

Vova

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where should i put my text? – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 09:49
@MukhammadAnwarFuadi do you know text of the element??? – Vova Mar 27 '21 at 10:18
i mean, you have {}} on "//[contains(text(), '{}}')", should i replace it with my text? i tried change you_text on if check_no_longer_present('you_text') whit my text but still not working,, did i miss something? thanks – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 10:53
@MukhammadAnwarFuadi you just need to use check_no_longer_present('you_text'), where you_test - is your test of the element – Vova Mar 27 '21 at 11:15
"//[contains(text(), '{}}').format() will put the text to the selector automatically – Vova Mar 27 '21 at 11:16
I see... so i just need to change ‘you_tex’ with “My Text” ? – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 12:22
@MukhammadAnwarFuadi copy html part where your element located – Vova Mar 27 '21 at 13:34
its came to error "if driver.find_element_by_xpath("//[contains(text(), '{}}')".format(text)).is_displayed(): ValueError: Single '}' encountered in format string" – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 15:23
@MukhammadAnwarFuadi my fault, there was 1 useless '}', have you ever worked with python and format statement? – Vova Mar 27 '21 at 15:34
@MukhammadAnwarFuadi I have updated the code – Vova Mar 27 '21 at 15:43
yeah thats why i ask about {}} because i think 1 } is useles,, i'm new on python by the way,, "copy html part where your element located" do you mean the "Text" or what? because i have problem with that, when i run it automatically close even the text is still appear – Mukhammad Anwar Fuadi Mar 27 '21 at 16:08

Python Selenium - Close Driver When Text is no longer found

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