How to select a value from a drop-down using Selenium and Python

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I want to select an option from a select field using Selenium & Python.

The HTML is as follows:

<select autocomplete="off" class="style_input_item" name="AccountEnable" id="Enable" value="0" onchange="onPageDataChange()">
    <option value="0" selected="selected"><script>T("Disabled")</script>Disabled</option>
    <option value="1"><script>T("Enabled")</script>Enabled</option>
</select>

And I tried as follows:

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="Enable"]/option[value="1"]').click()

I received that error:

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[@id="Enable"]/option[value="0"]"}

Possible duplicate of Selenium - Python - drop-down menu option value. The accepted answer isn't the best way.The best way is alecxe's answer. See also sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1355/…. — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Dec 6, 2016 at 19:09
The accepted answer isn't the best way.The best way is alecxe's answer. See also sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1355/…. — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Dec 6, 2016 at 19:10

Gerard Rozsavolgyi · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-06 18:19:19Z

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Just try:

mydriver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="Enable"]/option[@value="1"]').click()

or

mydriver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="Enable"]/option[2]').click()

answered Dec 6, 2016 at 18:19

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Lucas Tierney · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-07 02:06:29Z

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Make sure you include Select:

from selenium.webdriver.support.select import Select

then

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id('Enable'))
select.select_by_index(0)

answered Dec 7, 2016 at 2:06

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