Selenium / Python - Selecting an element id by a stored variable

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Issue: Unable to select an element id object using a stored variable.

Situation: I need to open a page, make a selection, store that selection in a variable card_id and next, find the element on the last page with the id pick_id and the stored variable, and click it. Hope I am being clear on this situation. If not, please just ask. I have tried to find the Selenium API documentation to handle this, nope.

Test Code:

def test_00_validation_test(self):
        driver = self.driver
        driver.get(self.base_url)
        driver.find_element_by_id("first_page").click()
        driver.find_element_by_id("make_pick").click()
        driver.find_element_by_xpath("(//input[@name='64'])[2]").click()
        driver.find_element_by_id("save_pick").click()
        self.assertEqual("Pick Was Saved", self.close_alert_and_get_its_text())
        card_id = driver.find_element_by_id("testingNum").get_attribute("value")
        driver.find_element_by_id("confirm_pick_page").click()
        driver.find_element_by_id("pick_id", card_id).click()

if you pass the id and selenium doesnt find it, its probably not in the html. if you are 100% its in the html it may be in an iframe. cant help you without knowing exactly what you too. — Foo Bar User
– Foo Bar User, Commented Oct 3, 2013 at 22:07
what do you mean by driver.find_element_by_id("pick_id", card_id) ? you cannot pass two arguments to this function. Please explain what you are trying to achieve in this function. — Cola
– Cola, Commented Oct 3, 2013 at 22:11
@user1411110 That is exactly right. I tried to cheat my way around it with the 2nd argument. Nope. I tried like this driver.find_element_by_id("pick_id").click(card_id) as well, nope. I know those aren't valid, but was hoping as I can not find another way to handle this scenario. — Dave
– Dave, Commented Oct 3, 2013 at 22:21
Also, for the 'what am I trying to achieve' question. Each pick I make is stored on the server, we hide that in the HTML as testingNum just for testing purposes, with the value it is being assigned. I get and store that value as card_id. So, when I go to the confirm_pick_page I can find it associated to the pick_id element. — Dave
– Dave, Commented Oct 3, 2013 at 22:25

Cola · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-03 22:27:15Z

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Ok from your explanation i think you want to go the element pick_id then drill down and look for card_id and click on it. This could be done as:

card_id = driver.find_element_by_id("testingNum").get_attribute("value")
pick_id = driver.find_element_by_id("pick_id")
pick_id.find_element_by_id(card_id).click()

You can always find an element and then drill down that element using find_element_by.

answered Oct 3, 2013 at 22:27

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Dave Over a year ago

That will, and does, give NoSuchElementException. The card_id is a stored variable, and the usage of pick_id from your example is using it as you would driver., will not work. Just for the hell of it, I tried and it failed. Thanks for assisting though!

Dave Over a year ago

Is there another way to use the find_element_by_id function with 3 arguments, or another function that will take an element with the stored vale?

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