Python selenium I can't acess to a linked page on a page with iframe

Question

I want to go from this page to this https://resultats.ffbb.com/organisation/b5e6211d5970.html to this page https://resultats.ffbb.com/championnat/b5e6211f621a.html?r=200000002810394&d=200000002911791&p=2 by clicking on 'Régional féminin U15'. I have tried many solutions but the best I had, is not working systematically. Please coul you help me?

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
import selenium.webdriver.support.ui as ui
import time

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("https://resultats.ffbb.com/organisation/b5e6211d5970.html")

driver.switch_to.frame("idIframeChampionnat")
#sign_in = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '/html/body/pre/span[93]'))).click();

button = driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text(u"minin U15")
button.click()```

Max Daroshchanka · Answer 1 · 2021-12-21T17:23:22.600

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Try

driver.switch_to.frame("idIframeChampionnat")
button = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(text(), 'minin U15')]")
button.click()

or

driver.switch_to.frame("idIframeChampionnat")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[contains(text(), 'minin U15')]"))).click()

This is my code example in groovy (sorry, haven't python env), pretty similar to yours, and it works perfectly 20 times in a loop even without timeouts.

    @Test(invocationCount = 20)
    void test() {
        driver.get('https://resultats.ffbb.com/organisation/b5e6211d5970.html')
        driver.switchTo().frame(
                driver.findElement(By.xpath("//iframe[@id='idIframeChampionnat']"))
        )
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(), 'minin U15')]")).click()
        driver.switchTo().defaultContent()
        assert driver.getCurrentUrl() ==
                'https://resultats.ffbb.com/championnat/b5e6211f621a.html?r=200000002810394&d=200000002911791&p=2'
    }

So, I have no ideas. Maybe just add driver.switch_to.default_content() after click?

edited Dec 21 '21 at 17:23

answered Dec 21 '21 at 16:00

Max Daroshchanka

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Thank for your proposition, Ihave tried both solutions and with both solutions I stay on the same starting page. – Elmanu20 Dec 21 '21 at 16:11
Rectification it has worked (the 2nd solution) but only once on 10 trys. – Elmanu20 Dec 21 '21 at 16:21
@Elmanu20, could you please share your error message/stack trace? You might enrich your question. – Max Daroshchanka Dec 21 '21 at 16:50
Sorry but I don't have any trace. This codes does not produce any visible effect most of the time, and sometimes it works.. – Elmanu20 Dec 21 '21 at 16:53
Added some updates to the answer. – Max Daroshchanka Dec 21 '21 at 17:23
Ok thank a lot. I have just seen that's my webbrowser is not ok because it works perfectly on an other one. – Elmanu20 Dec 21 '21 at 21:04
I'm using chrome v96 + selenium 4.0 with default capabilities. – Max Daroshchanka Dec 21 '21 at 21:12
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I am using chrome v96 and it works, but until now I was on Firefox where there are random behavior. I didn't try to reinstall my original web browser yet. Thank for your help! – Elmanu20 Dec 22 '21 at 13:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '21 at 21:37

To click() on the link with text as Régional féminin U15 as the elements are within an iframe 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:

driver.get("https://resultats.ffbb.com/organisation/b5e6211d5970.html")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe#idIframeChampionnat")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.LINK_TEXT, "Régional féminin U15"))).click()

Using XPATH:

driver.get("https://resultats.ffbb.com/organisation/b5e6211d5970.html")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@id='idIframeChampionnat']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.LINK_TEXT, "Régional féminin U15"))).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

Browser Snapshot:

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