Find element by value Selenium/Python

Question

I am using Selenium with Python to automaticlly extract some data from our power plants and right now I need to click on an element. The problem is that the element's xpaths and order change for each plant we are monitoring. The only static info is the value, just like in the 3rd line value="T_U0.

I tried many approaches and I couldn't find a solution. I can't use index or child because the order of the parameters is changing. I tried CSS selector with no success.

Here you get some of my tries...

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@value='T_U0']").click()
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input[@data-id-sys-abbreviation='388']").click()

I tried many other things but I was just desperately trying anything.

What I really need is a find_by_value, if there is a way of doing it please let me know, if there isn't please show me how I can do it.

I need to click in some options that change order accordingly to the plant

Please don't post pictures of your code. just copy paste it in and use the code format button. — Jacobr365
– Jacobr365, Commented May 2, 2018 at 13:54
Possible duplicate of Selenium - Python - drop-down menu option value — Snow
– Snow, Commented May 2, 2018 at 13:55
@Jacobr365 can I copy the HTML from Chrome? bc I tried and I could copy only one line at a time and it got all messed up — Cleyson Shingu
– Cleyson Shingu, Commented May 2, 2018 at 13:57
Yes you can. in the inspect box select elements tab, then click on a block and right click copy. — Jacobr365
– Jacobr365, Commented May 2, 2018 at 13:59

Anand · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-02 13:55:28Z

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The problem is with the first xpath. You are trying to locate an input while you need to get option.

Try this:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//option[@value='T_U0']").click()

answered May 2, 2018 at 13:55

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Cleyson Shingu Over a year ago

It did work! Thank you Anand, it was so simple and I couldn't see it, thank you again!

Zhivko.Kostadinov · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-03 05:49:25Z

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You can try to click/select element via displayed text. Pseudo code:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//option[text()="Some text"]").click()

answered May 3, 2018 at 5:49

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Ostap Bender · Accepted Answer · 2024-07-11 13:58:44Z

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this works now:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH,'//*[@value="T_U0"]')

answered Jul 11, 2024 at 13:58

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