Unable to locate element with id, class_name and xpath using Selenium Python

Question

How to click this button:

I have tried the following:

sumbitbutton = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[text() = 'mt8 mb8']")

I decided to insted abandon this method and go for a nuther as it lead to a lot of other problums latter down the line

Answer 1

You will want something like:

button = WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "inputButton.main_submit")))
button.click()

As you did not confirm the URL, I cannot test it, but it should work.

Also, do not forget to import

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

Answer 2

Generally <div> tags aren't clickable. Additionally mt8 mb8 are the classanmes, not the text.

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Solution

As per the HTML:

to click on the <input> 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, "input.inputButton.main_submit[value='Submit']"))).click()
  

• Using XPATH:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@class='inputButton.main_submit' and @value='Submit']"))).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