Log in to website using python and selenium

Question

I'm trying to log in to http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb using python and selenium.

Here is what I've tried so far:

from selenium import webdriver

session = webdriver.Chrome()
session.get('https://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb')

# REMOVE POP-UP
timezone_popup_ok_button = session.find_element_by_xpath('//a[@id="yesBtn"]')
timezone_popup_ok_button.click()

# FILL OUT FORMS
usr_field = session.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@value="Username"]')
usr_field.clear()
WebDriverWait(session, 10).until(EC.visibility_of(usr_field))
usr_field.send_keys('myUsername')
pwd_field = session.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@value="Password"]')
pwd_field.clear()
pwd_field.send_keys('myPassword')
login_button = session.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@id="signInBtn"]')
login_button.click()

I'm getting the following error.

selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotVisibleException: Message: element not visible

when trying to execute

usr_field.send_keys('myUsername')

The usr_field element seems to be visible if I'm viewing it with the inspector tool, however I'm not 100% sure here.

I'm using this script (with some modifications) successfully on other sites, but this one is giving me a real headache and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere on the net.

Would appreciate if someone could help me out here!

step one: start a debugger and find out which element is not visible — Bart Van Loon
– Bart Van Loon, Commented Oct 4, 2017 at 16:17
Put some sleep to leave the time for the elements ti be loaded. — Samir Sadek
– Samir Sadek, Commented Oct 4, 2017 at 16:20
@SamirSadek Don't use sleeps... sleeps are a bad practice. Use WebDriverWait instead. — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Oct 4, 2017 at 16:47
Have you tried waiting for the element to be visible? selenium-python.readthedocs.io/waits.html#explicit-waits — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Oct 4, 2017 at 16:51

user459872 · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-04 19:51:23Z

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The following code will resolve the issue.

from selenium import webdriver


session = webdriver.Chrome()
session.get('https://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb')

# REMOVE POP-UP
timezone_popup_ok_button = session.find_element_by_xpath('//a[@id="yesBtn"]')
timezone_popup_ok_button.click()

# FILL OUT FORMS

user_element = session.find_element_by_name("tmp_username")
user_element.click()

actual_user_elm = session.find_element_by_name("username")
actual_user_elm.send_keys("myUsername")


password_element = session.find_element_by_id("tmp_password")
password_element.click()

actual_pass_element = session.find_element_by_name("password")
actual_pass_element.send_keys("myPassword")

login_button = session.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@id="signInBtn"]')
login_button.click()

edited Oct 4, 2017 at 19:51

answered Oct 4, 2017 at 19:35

user459872

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Baili Over a year ago

Works like a charm, absolutely brilliant. Much appreciated. Thank you!

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