Python Selenium Webdriver - Find nested frame

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I am working on an Intranet with nested frames, and am unable to access a child frame.

The HTML source:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
	<head>
		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
		<title>VIS</title>
		<link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://bbbbb/ma1/imagenes/iconos/favicon.ico">
	</head>
	<frameset rows="51,*" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" border="0">
		<frame id="cabecera" name="cabecera" src="./blablabla.html" scrolling="no" border="3">
			<frameset id="frame2" name="frame2" cols="180,*,0" frameborder="no" border="1">
				<frame id="menu" name="menu" src="./blablabla_files/Menu.html" marginwidth="5" scrolling="auto" frameborder="3">
					<a href="/ma1/jsp/orD/queda.jsp" target="contenido">Buscar</a>
				<frame id="contenido" name="contenido" src="./blablabla_files/saved_resource.html" marginwidth="5" marginheight="5">
					<html>
						<head>
							<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
							<title>BUSCAr</title>
						</head>
						<frameset name="principal" rows="220,*" frameborder="NO">
							 <frame name="Formulario" src="./BusquedaSimple.html" scrolling="AUTO" noresize="noresize">
								<input id="year" name="year" size="4" maxlength="4" value="" onchange="javascript:Orden();" onfocus="this.value='2018';this.select();" type="text">
							 <frame name="Busqueda" src="./saved_resource(2).html" scrolling="AUTO">
						</frameset>
						<noframes>
							&lt;body&gt;
							&lt;p&gt;soporte a tramas.&lt;/p&gt;
							&lt;/body&gt;
						</noframes>
					</html>
				<frame name="frameblank" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="./blablabla_files/saved_resource(1).html">
			</frameset>
			<noframes>
			  &lt;P&gt;Para ver esta página.&lt;/P&gt;
			</noframes>
	</frameset>
</html>

I locate the button "Buscar" inside of frame "menu" with:

driver.switch_to_default_content()
driver.switch_to_frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("html frameset frameset#frame2 frame#menu"))
btn_buscar = driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#div_menu > table:nth-child(10) > tbody > tr > td:nth-child(2) > span > a")
btn_buscar.click()

I've tried this code to locate the input id="year" inside frame="Formulario":

driver.switch_to_default_content()
try:       driver.switch_to_frame(driver.switch_to_frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("html frameset frameset#frame2 frame#contenido frameset#principal frame#Formulario")))
    print("Ok cabecera -> contenido")
except:
    print("cabecera not found")

or

driver.switch_to_frame(driver.switch_to_xpath("//*[@id='year"]"))

but they don't work.

Can you help me?

Thanks!

Check provided HTML code sample - it seem to be broken as iframes have no closing tags... — Andersson
– Andersson, Commented Mar 11, 2018 at 15:47

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-11 15:45:59Z

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To be able to handle required iframe you need to switch subsequently to all ancestor frames:

driver.switch_to.frame("cabecera")
driver.switch_to.frame("menu")
btn_buscar = driver.find_element_by_link_text("Buscar")
btn_buscar.click()

Also note that Webdriver instance has no such method as switch_to_xpath() and switch_to_frame(), switch_to_default_content() methods are deprecated so you'd better use switch_to.frame(), switch_to.default_content()

edited Mar 11, 2018 at 15:45

answered Mar 11, 2018 at 15:38

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-12 08:53:01Z

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Assuming your program have the focus on Top Level Browsing Context, to locate and the button with text as Buscar you need to switch() through all the parent frames along with WebDriverWait in association with proper expected_conditions and you can use the following code block :

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it(By.ID,"cabecera"))
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it(By.ID,"menu"))
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.LINK_TEXT, "Buscar"))).click()

answered Mar 12, 2018 at 8:53

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Lafayette Over a year ago

I tried both options, but it was impossible to arrive to "Buscar" button inside the "menu" frame. Finally, I decided load the <frame id="contenido" name="contenido" src="./blablabla_files/saved_resource.html" marginwidth="5" marginheight="5"> that loads the same result of "Buscar" button, because it is the frame that loads the form and the only part that I need. Thanks!

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