How to change between iframes in Selenium and Python

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I was trying to understand how to change between iframes in selenium webdriver, but I could not figure it out. In the image ahead, is the iframe that I want to switch to:

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44834358/switch-to-an-iframe-through-selenium-and-python — rick, Feb 08 '22 at 04:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 08 '22 at 06:25

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 //iframe[@class='viewer pbi-frame']

Should be a simple xpath using driver.switch_to.frame()

Or

 //iframe[@title='Power BI Report Viewer']

answered Feb 08 '22 at 06:25

Arundeep Chohan

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '22 at 08:33

In order to switch to the iframe you can use code like this:

driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("//iframe[@title='PowerBi Report Viewer']"))

When finished working inside the iframe you will have to switch back to the default content with

driver.switch_to.default_content()

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 08 '22 at 08:38

The website is Power BI based, so to switch within the <iframe> so you have to:

Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.

You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe[title='PowerBi Report Viewer']")))

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@title='PowerBi Report Viewer']")))

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

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