Cannot find element using xpath (Python and selenium)

Question

I try to make some automations using Python+selenium (new to this). Unfortunatelly, inspecting elements of a specific webpage is more than hard. There is no id to use and I try xpath. I want to select a drop down list , i inspect this element and I copy the xpath which is //*[@id="frmMain:criteria:purchase_criteria_tab"]/div[13]/div[1]/div/button

my code is:

    NEXT_BUTTON_XPATH = "//*[@id='frmMain:criteria:purchase_criteria_tab']/div[13]/div[1]/div/button"
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
condition = expected_conditions.presence_of_element_located(
    (By.XPATH, NEXT_BUTTON_XPATH))
button = wait.until(condition)
button.click()

and I cannot get the element Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

Manali Kagathara · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-17 07:36:13Z

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try this

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait 
try:
    # for click element element_to_be_clickable condition used
    button = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable(By.XPATH, "elemnt_xpath"))) 
    button.click()

except Exception as e:
    print(e)

edited Feb 17, 2020 at 7:36

answered Feb 17, 2020 at 6:56

Manali Kagathara

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jitlp Over a year ago

thank you. it returned a new error , Other element would receive the click: <span class="ui-button-text ui-c">...</span>

Manali Kagathara Over a year ago

edit your question and add the URL which you are trying to scrape.

jitlp Over a year ago

it's not a public URL

Manali Kagathara Over a year ago

the syntax is correct for getting element.try to inspect element by right-clicking and copy XPath of element.

jitlp Over a year ago

thats what i do, i already wrote it above, but it returns Other element would receive the click: <span class="ui-button-text ui-c">...</span>

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Sameer Arora · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-17 06:49:08Z

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You can click on the element using the syntax:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='frmMain:criteria:purchase_criteria_tab']/div[13]/div[1]/div/button"))).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

answered Feb 17, 2020 at 6:49

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jitlp Over a year ago

thank you , i missed last import. syntax is ok now but element is not found :/

Sameer Arora Over a year ago

@gplati that is another question, please check your xpath for that and post that as a new question if still not solved

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