Adding JavaScript event listener with Selenium triggers it automatically

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As there is (according to my research) no way to catch user input with selenium, I am trying to use a JavaScript event listener.

But when I add the event listener by executing the JavaScript code, the function is automatically triggered without me (as the user) doing anything. Furthermore, there is no way to trigger the function again.

Does anyone know what the problem might be and how I could solve it? FYI: My code is in Python 3.8

Thank you in advance, Raphael

# this is a self defined function that creates a new selenium WebDriver
browser = gf.create_browser(headless=False)

browser.get("https://www.google.com")

browser.execute_script('document.getElementById("hplogo").addEventListener("mouseover",console.log("Success"))')

time.sleep(90)

The console displays "success" as soon as the script is executed, afterwards the event is never triggered again. I have tried different events (click, mouseover,...), different functions and different websites with different elemtents.

Please refer to the docs developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget/… You will want to use a function as second parameter, not execute console.log directly — Julian Kleine
– Julian Kleine, Commented Aug 13, 2020 at 16:56

M Z · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-13 15:54:22Z

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You're not passing a function – you're actually just directly calling it

console.log("Success")

This ^ calls the function. The actually parameter you end up passing is the result of console.log, not the function itself (which if I remember is just an undefined). If you want to actually pass a function, you should make something like this.

() => console.log("Success")

For pre ES6 supported browsers, you can use:

function(){console.log("Success")}

answered Aug 13, 2020 at 15:54

M Z

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Jaspreet Kaur · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-14 13:39:56Z

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The code is entirely a infinite loop because of which it is triggering only once and then after it is not triggering. It is suggested to edit your code as

addEventListener("mouseover",{console.log("Success")})

answered Aug 14, 2020 at 13:39

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