Can't select / click button using Selenium WebDriver w Python

Question

I am trying to click a button with Selenium Web Driver.

(I think it is written in Angular??)

URL is https://www.truelocal.com.au/search/accountants/canberra

It's the green button at bottom of page with "Load More Results"

Element page source is ...

<button class="btn btn-full btn-add js-review-open" ng-class="{true:'btn-loading', false:''}[vm.loadingMore]" ng-hide="vm.checkResultsOffset()" ng-click="vm.loadMoreResults()" aria-hidden="false" style="">

  <!-- ngIf: vm.loadingMore==true -->
  <!-- ngIf: vm.loadingMore==false -->
  <span ng-if="vm.loadingMore==false" class="ng-scope" style="">LOAD MORE RESULTS</span>
  <!-- end ngIf: vm.loadingMore==false -->
</button>

The only thing I can really do is

elm = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'LOAD MORE RESULTS')]")

But I can't get the button to click.

Any help please?

are you getting any relevant stack trace which shows why the test is failing? — Danny
– Danny, Commented Nov 27, 2017 at 11:35

SIM · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-27 12:25:58Z

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Try this. It will keep clicking on the load more button until there is no such button is left to be clicked.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.truelocal.com.au/search/accountants/canberra")
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)

while True:
    try:
        link = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button[ng-click='vm.loadMoreResults()'] .ng-scope")))
        link.click()
        wait.until(EC.staleness_of(link))
    except:
        break
driver.quit()

answered Nov 27, 2017 at 12:25

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Axle Max Over a year ago

Thank you. I appreciate your help @Shahin

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-27 10:58:16Z

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To click the button with text LOAD MORE RESULTS we have to wait for the button to render properly as the button is an Angular Element. So you can use the following code block :

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.text_to_be_present_in_element(By.XPATH,"//button[@class='btn btn-full btn-add js-review-open']/span[@class='ng-scope']"),'LOAD MORE RESULTS')
driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//button[@class='btn btn-full btn-add js-review-open']/span[@class='ng-scope']").click()

answered Nov 27, 2017 at 10:58

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