Click a checkbox with selenium-webdriver

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I'm testing my app with tumblr and I have to log in and out as I go through procedures. While doing so, I'm having trouble clicking a checkbox that keeps popping up. How can I use selenium-webriver in python to click it?

I've tried selecting xpaths, ...by_ids, and by_classes, they won't work, so now I'm trying to use the mouse's coordinates to physically click the item. (This is on the tumblr login page, fyi)

Above is the html of the item I'm trying to select.

(EDIT:) I've the following selectors:

#checkbox = driver.find_element_by_id("recaptcha-anchor")
#checkbox = driver.find_element_by_id("g-recaptcha") 
#driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='recaptcha-token']")
#driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#recaptcha-anchor")
#driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='recaptcha-anchor']")
#driver.find_element_by_id("recaptcha-token").click()
#driver.find_element_by_class_name('rc-anchor-center-container')
#checkbox = driver.find_element_by_id("recaptcha-anchor")

Can you provide the exact url? I cannot see the checkox on log in page? Plus, provide the exact css/xpath you tried to see if there is any bug in them — Saifur
– Saifur, Commented Sep 7, 2015 at 21:23
tumblr.com/login is the exact url, they checkbox will appear when when you have logged in and out a couple times via tumblr. @Saifur — marriedjane875
– marriedjane875, Commented Sep 7, 2015 at 21:55
The attributes mention recaptcha... is this some bot prevention dialog? — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 0:50
Its the captcha checkbox thingy, I'm trying to click it @JeffC — marriedjane875
– marriedjane875, Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 2:09

Alex Wilson · Accepted Answer · 2024-05-03 17:17:35Z

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Seems you can’t use a selector directly. Instead select an element before the reCaptcha, then use send_keys to tab to the checkbox, and space to tick it. See final line of code below for example.

Note: this will tick the recaptcha box, but it won't solve it, you'll still need to do that manually.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

#modify line below to location of your chromedriver executable
chrome_path = r"/Users/Username/chromedriver"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_path)
driver.get("https://www.btcmarkets.net/login")

username = driver.find_element_by_id("userIdText")
username.send_keys("Us3rn4me")

password = driver.find_element_by_id("userPasswordText")
password.send_keys("Pa55w0rD")

#the line below tabs to the recaptcha tickbox and ticks it with the space bar
password.send_keys(Keys.TAB + Keys.TAB + " ")

edited May 3, 2024 at 17:17

answered May 27, 2017 at 3:26

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Saifur · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-07 22:14:27Z

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Seems like this is not an input tag. So, probably manipulating the aria-checked attribute and set it to true would do it. The only way to change attribute value is JavaScriptExecutor. Try the following:

driver.execute_script("$('#recaptcha-anchor').setAttribute('aria-checked','true');")

answered Sep 7, 2015 at 22:14

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marriedjane875 Over a year ago

when I use this code, it'll just click it or something?

Saifur Over a year ago

It should check the checkbox. And, I assumed it would work without knowing the dom structure

marriedjane875 Over a year ago

i tried a wait 10 seconds and then your code, but still got an error

Saifur Over a year ago

I really need to see what's happening on the page. It's hard to pinpoint the issue without knowing the actual cause

marriedjane875 Over a year ago

can we go into a chat?

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JohnL · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-07 15:04:50Z

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Use code below can find the checkbox with id "recaptcha-anchor" and click it, but unable to bypass it. The following pictures will pop up.

List<WebElement> frames = driver.findElements(By.tagName("iframe"));
    String winHanaleBefore = driver.getWindowHandle();
    driver.switchTo().frame(0);
driver.findElement(By.id("recaptcha-anchor")).click();
driver.switchTo().window(winHanaleBefore);

answered Oct 7, 2018 at 15:04

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Amine OUAFI · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-08 08:42:34Z

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Here is a simple example that works for me in Java:

driver.findElement(By.id("checkbox_id")).click();

In Python, it seems to be:

driver.find_element_by_id("checkbox_id").click()

answered Sep 8, 2015 at 8:42

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