Python Selenium cannot click submit button

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A quick question. How do I click on the following button link using selenium in python? The button does not have any ID or value

<a href="/" login="" class="classname123">Login</a> == $0

I receive below mentioned error:

Unable to locate element: //input[@type="submit" and @title="login"]

Thanks!

you can use driver.find_element_by_class('classname123').click() — Karan Chudasama
– Karan Chudasama, Commented Feb 9, 2017 at 11:52

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-09 11:46:00Z

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You can use search by link text to handle exact element:

login = driver.find_element_by_link_text('Login')

answered Feb 9, 2017 at 11:46

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Guy · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-09 11:41:21Z

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The element is <a>, not <input>, doesn't have type attribute and it has text Login, not title login

//a[contains(., "Login")]

answered Feb 9, 2017 at 11:41

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Jesse kraal Over a year ago

Thanks! This works. The firefox browser opens and click the button. Is this also possible at the background? (underwater) Or only by physical acces?

Guy Over a year ago

@Jessekraal Have a look at headless browser. It can be used for testing without opening actual browser (I never worked with them though).

NarendraR · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-09 11:42:08Z

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What you have shared is <a> and your error is in <input> as your xpath saying

use following to click on that link

.//a[text()='Login']

or

.//a[@class='classname123'][text()='Login']

answered Feb 9, 2017 at 11:42

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Jainish Kapadia · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-09 11:43:24Z

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Try this way.

//a[contains(text(), 'Login')]

OR

Try this way using class attribute of a tag.

//a[@class='classname123']

answered Feb 9, 2017 at 11:43

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