Why am I unable to click submit button of "Accept Cookies" popup?

Question

I want to scrape some data from a genealogy website, I need to log in but I can't click with Selenium the Submit button, it may be because I need to accept the cookies but I can't click it as well.

Here is the code:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

PATH = "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
driver.implicitly_wait(10)

driver.get("https://en.geneanet.org/connexion/")
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="tarteaucitronPersonalize2"]').click()
driver.find_element_by_id("_username").send_keys('user')
driver.find_element_by_id ("_password").send_keys("pwd")
driver.find_element_by_id("_submit").click()

The button looks like this:

This is the HTML corresponding to the button "Submit": Submit

The cookies popup and HTML looks like this:

I get the following error messages:

(vscrap) admin@Admins-MacBook-Pro V2 % /Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/bin/python /Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/UpWork/V2/Selenium_login-immo.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/UpWork/V2/Selenium_login-immo.py", line 15, in <module>
    driver.find_element_by_id("_submit").click()
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 80, in click
    self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 633, in _execute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: element click intercepted: Element <button type="submit" id="_submit" name="_submit" class="button-register no-margin-bottom large">...</button> is not clickable at point (429, 324). Other element would receive the click: <div id="tarteaucitronRoot" class="tarteaucitronBeforeVisible">...</div>
  (Session info: chrome=95.0.4638.69)

(vscrap) admin@Admins-MacBook-Pro V2 % /Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/bin/python /Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/UpWork/V2/Selenium_login-immo.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/UpWork/V2/Selenium_login-immo.py", line 15, in <module>
    driver.find_element_by_id("_submit").click()
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 80, in click
    self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 633, in _execute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/Users/admin/Documents/Coding/Python/Scrapping/vscrap/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: element click intercepted: Element <button type="submit" id="_submit" name="_submit" class="button-register no-margin-bottom large">...</button> is not clickable at point (429, 324). Other element would receive the click: <div id="tarteaucitronRoot" class="tarteaucitronBeforeVisible">...</div>
  (Session info: chrome=95.0.4638.69)

Why can't I click this Submit button?

undetected Selenium · Answer 1 · 2021-11-13T21:48:40.507

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The OK, accept all button is a dynamic element, so 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 CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button.tarteaucitronCTAButton.tarteaucitronAllow#tarteaucitronPersonalize2"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[@class='tarteaucitronCTAButton tarteaucitronAllow' and @id='tarteaucitronPersonalize2']"))).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

edited Nov 13 '21 at 21:48

answered Nov 13 '21 at 21:09

undetected Selenium

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thanks, i have added the missing import and the webDriverWait but still the same the cookies popup remains and the submit has not been clicked. – lchan Nov 14 '21 at 10:46
I added a short delay to it and then it worked. `w_item = WebDriverWait(driver,50).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button.tarteaucitronCTAButton.tarteaucitronAllow#tarteaucitronPersonalize2"))) time.sleep(1) w_item.click()` – user3430832 Nov 29 '21 at 18:21

Why am I unable to click submit button of "Accept Cookies" popup?

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