Error by getting selected option using Selenium Web Driver with Python

Question

In order to output my already selected option I coded:

Select(driver.find_elements(By.XPATH,'path_to_select/select/option'))
selected_option = select.first_selected_option
print(selected_option)

Error Message:

raise UnexpectedTagNameException( selenium.common.exceptions.UnexpectedTagNameException: Message: Select only works on elements, not on

Post your full code (or at least a minimal reproducible example), as well as the url of the page in question. — Barry the Platipus, Sep 07 '22 at 12:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '22 at 12:24

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Because you are selecting a list of elements. So you can use driver.find_element() instead of driver.find_elements() to select a single element.

select = Select(driver.find_element(By.XPATH,'path_to_select/select/option'))
selected_option = select.first_selected_option
print(selected_option)

answered Sep 07 '22 at 12:24

Md. Fazlul Hoque

it shows: **selenium.common.exceptions.UnexpectedTagNameException: Message: Select only works on – Sep 07 '22 at 12:27
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You can follow answers from here how to select dropdown correctly: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7867537/how-to-select-a-drop-down-menu-value-with-selenium-using-python – Md. Fazlul Hoque Sep 07 '22 at 12:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '22 at 12:25

0

driver.find_elements returns list of WebElements

should be driver.find_element. Note the s in find_element

answered Sep 07 '22 at 12:25

Akzy

2 Answers2