Logging into website using selenium with python

Question

I am trying to use selenium to log into this website: but it says the password and login are not visible. I looked around and saw that some people said to wait, but waiting does not seem to help. Here is my code:

    # importing libraries
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import re, time, csv


driver = webdriver.Firefox()

driver.get("https://platform.openquake.org/account/login/")
driver.switch_to
driver.maximize_window
time.sleep(10)

username = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='username']")
username.send_keys("hi there")

Error message is :

ElementNotVisibleException: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with

This might be helpful: stackoverflow.com/questions/27927964/… — mark s.
– mark s., Commented May 12, 2016 at 16:38
Hmm its a bit confusing on how to do it for my particular circumstance. I was able to solve use tab to get around it. — Corncobpipe
– Corncobpipe, Commented May 12, 2016 at 17:21

Levi Noecker · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-13 04:48:31Z

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Your XPATH actually matches two elements. The non-plural driver methods (find_element_by_XXX) return the first element they find a match for, which in this case is not the one you want.

A good debugging tool for situations like this is to use the plural forms (find_elements_by_XXX) and then see how many elements matched.

In this case, you should do what Tanu suggested and use a more restrictive XPATH:

username = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='controls']/input[@id='id_username']")
password = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='controls']/input[@id='id_password']")

answered May 13, 2016 at 4:48

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Corncobpipe Over a year ago

Thanks! I'll make sure to use this!

Tanu · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-12 17:48:20Z

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Modify your xpath:

username = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='controls']/input[@id='id_username']")

answered May 12, 2016 at 17:48

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