TimeoutException while extracting the value of the title attribute using Selenium Python

Question

I am trying to get the following count of an Instagram account. I believe that the XPATH is correct an exists. Here's a screenshot showing it exists when I search for it:

This is my code:

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 30)    
followers = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div/div[1]/div/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/section/main/div/ul/li[2]/button/div/span")))
print(followers.get_attribute("title"))

I have even looked at similar projects that find the following count and our code is almost exactly the same.

Answer 1

The desired element is a dynamic element, so to locate the element instead of presence_of_element_located() you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following locator strategy:

• Using XPATH:

  print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[contains(., 'followers')]//span[@class and @title and text()]"))).get_attribute("title"))
  

• 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