Selenium python click on span class

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I am trying to automate intranet site. The source code is bunch of tables and consists of hundreds of codes like below:

<span id="GridView1_ctl51_lblCaseType"></span>
</td><td nowrap="nowrap">
<span class="fakeLink" title="Edit case" onmouseenter="this.focus()" onclick="editCase('286658')"> 286658</span>
</td><td nowrap="nowrap">1360428-0000</td><td align="center" style="color:Red;">
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label2">13,0</span>
</td><td align="center">
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label2">8,8</span>
</td><td align="center">
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label9">R</span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label6">Waiting for info fr. suppl.</span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label11" title="1360428-0000 Condensate Cup&lt;br/>Price is missing, please update price&lt;br/>(enquiry by Name 11/1)" class="vtip">1360428-0000 Co</span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label12" title="Please source" class="vtip">Please source</span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label7">Fname Lname</span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label1"></span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label8">Price or delivery time missing</span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label3">A21</span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label10">TS6</span>
</td><td>
<span id="GridView1_ctl51_Label5">FName Lname</span>
</td><td>&nbsp;</td>

I need to capture part number 1360428-0000 and click "editCase (286658)". I have two problems:

Use part number 1360428-0000 as reference to find case number 286658
Imitate click on 286658 with xpath? Couldn't make it work.

I tried to figure out problem #2 using below code with no success:

def IeTest():
    driver = webdriver.Ie("C:\\Python34\\IEDriverServer.exe")
    driver.get("http://intranet.company.com")
    time.sleep(3)
    print(driver.title)
    elem = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[contains(@onclick,"286658")]')
    elem.click()
IeTest()

Any help is appreciated. I also must use IE.

har07 · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-28 10:14:27Z

1

This is one possible XPath to find the target span by part number "1360428-0000" :

//td[text()='1360428-0000']/preceding-sibling::td[1]/span[@title='Edit case']

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edited Jan 28, 2016 at 10:14

answered Jan 28, 2016 at 9:46

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Newcomer Over a year ago

Is [1] really needed at the end ?

har07 Over a year ago

@Newcomer not really, since there is only one span in the td. I rather meant it after td, as in the updated XPath

Trm Over a year ago

Solution checks out for source snippet, but not for full source. I am no programmer/webdesigner, but I think code I am dealing with is from hell. It's one big frame with all information about each part (10k+ code). I uploaded bigger snippet to give better idea what it is: Source code(textuploader.com/57o57)

Trm Over a year ago

Ok, I was going nuts why no elements were found apart html and it turns out the frame has different url link, so i have been scrapping wrong source code. I used your solution and it worked. Thank you so much! If it's not too much asking, can you help me understand logic behind /preceding-sibling::td[1]/?

har07 Over a year ago

Preceding-sibling returns elements, located before the context element at the same level (hence siblings). Index 1 means to return only the one nearest preceding sibling

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