Selenium WebDriver - Java - Click a button

Question

I'm trying to click some buttons and I'm using the Follow button on twitch as an example.

I used the Selenium IDE to try to get the xpath for the button. What I got as xpath was: //span[@id='ember637']/a/span

If I go to FireFox and copy unique selector for the button I get: .js-follow > span:nth-child(1)

I have tried both in the java program and they don't work. When I use the //span[.. xpath I get the following error:

"Unable to locate a node using //span[@id='ember637']/a/span"

Edit:

Example of a site with a button I want to click(The Follow button): http://www.twitch.tv/mradder89/profile/

The Selenium jar file I am using is "selenium-server-standalone-2.35.0.jar"

The error I am getting is

"Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate a node using //span[@id='ember637']/a/span"

Edit 2:

I downloaded the PhantomJSDriver exe file(phantomjs.exe) and was trying it out. It doesn't work... I do not get a error message like before(the 'Unable to locate a node...' error).

Here's the code: http://pastebin.com/GzvubMZr

Edited my post with more info. I'm using "WebDriver driver = new HtmlUnitDriver();" so no browser is being opened. — user1021085
– user1021085, Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 22:51
Wanted to add that it did click the Follow/Unfollow button when I used the Selenium IDE with target as "//span[@id='ember637']/a/span". Which is why I was suprised that it didn't work in the java program. — user1021085
– user1021085, Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 23:04
Try other browsers, if it works, then timing issue or issues with HtmlUnitDriver. So we can get back to solve it. — Yi Zeng
– Yi Zeng, Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 23:21
@user1177636 What do you mean try other browsers? The Selenium IDE is a Firefox plugin — user1021085
– user1021085, Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 23:23

Yi Zeng · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-30 23:40:41Z

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With PhantomJSDriver, try different locators. Post exceptions if there are any, otherwise post the elemenst's info, e.g. location, text, etc.

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@class, 'profile-actions')]//span[text()='Follow']")).click();
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".profile-actions .primary_button > span")).click();

answered Sep 30, 2013 at 23:40

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