Python Selenium chrome driver .send_keys NoneType Error

Question

I am trying to enter a username into an input box but it is not working. The site opens and I can get it to click on the box, but not words show up. The chrome developer extensions warning popup appears. I'm still fairly new to programming. Any ideas? Thanks

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

browser = webdriver.Chrome()
browser.get('https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=13&ct=1478123673&rver=6.7.6631.0&wp=MBI&wreply=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bing.com%2fsecure%2fPassport.aspx%3frequrl%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.bing.com%252f%253fwlexpsignin%253d1&lc=1033&id=264960')
time.sleep(5)
usernameElem = browser.find_element_by_class_name('phholder').click()
usernameElem.send_keys('username')

Error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/Matt/PycharmProjects/untitled/Bing.py", line 10, in <module>
usernameElem.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'send_keys'

thebadguy · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-03 07:03:53Z

2

Your selector is wrong try using xpath or id:see below code

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

browser = webdriver.Chrome()
browser.maximize_window()
browser.get('https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=13&ct=1478123673&rver=6.7.6631.0&wp=MBI&wreply=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bing.com%2fsecure%2fPassport.aspx%3frequrl%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.bing.com%252f%253fwlexpsignin%253d1&lc=1033&id=264960')
time.sleep(5)
usernameElem = browser.find_element_by_xpath(".//*[@id='i0116']")
#Either use above xpath or use id 
#usernameElem = browser.find_element_by_id("i0116")
usernameElem.send_keys('username')

edited Nov 3, 2016 at 7:03

answered Nov 3, 2016 at 3:18

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mcburke31 Over a year ago

The find_element_by_id worked. Thank you for your help, I was trying to figure this out for hours. Thanks again

Lumos_lucky · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-26 06:45:42Z

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you should perform send_keys function to an element So that first assign the element to the variable usernameElem and after that click it as a function, then you will be able to send kes to the usernameElem element

usernameElem = browser.find_element_by_class_name('phholder')
usernameElem.click()
usernameElem.send_keys('username')

edited Nov 26, 2019 at 6:45

answered Nov 26, 2019 at 6:35

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