How to check checkbox using Selenium in Python

Question

I have a problem with this checkbox. I tried to click searching element with id, name, XPath, CSS Selector and contains text and still I could not click on this checkbox. Additionally, I've tried with another site with similar HTML code and on this site, it was enough to look for id and click. Any ideas?

<div class="agree-box-term">
    <input tabindex="75" id="agree" name="agree" type="checkbox" value="1">
    <label for="agree" class="checkbox-special">* Zapoznałam/em się z <a href="https://worldbox.pl/content/regulamin,27.html" target="_blank">Regulaminem sklepu internetowego</a> i akceptuję jego postanowienia.<br></label>
</div>

Here is my Python code https://codeshare.io/5zo0Jj

check if it is inside any frame.If possible to share entire html? — KunduK
– KunduK, Commented Mar 13, 2019 at 14:40

KunduK · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-13 15:09:27Z

1

I have used javaScript Executor and it clicks on the element.However I have also checked webdriver click is not working.

driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", driver.find_element_by_id("agree"))

answered Mar 13, 2019 at 15:09

KunduK

33.4k5 gold badges19 silver badges42 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

Hebrides Over a year ago

Could you explain me why it works only with javaScript Executor?

KunduK Over a year ago

When WebDriver click doesn’t work.you should use JavaScript executor to interact with element.However this is not a good practice but there is no alternatives.

Hebrides Over a year ago

But why it happens like that?

JimmyA · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-13 15:28:36Z

1

I don't know why this is, but in my experience some boxes don't accept click but do accept a 'mousedown' trigger.

try:

driver.execute_script('$("div.agree-box-term input#agree").trigger("mousedown")')

This solution does rely on jquery being on the page, if it's not we can write it in javascript

answered Mar 13, 2019 at 15:28

JimmyA

6865 silver badges13 bronze badges

Comments

Philippe Roubert · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-13 14:56:42Z

0

r = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id="form-order"]/div[2]/div[4]/label")
r.click()

Does this work for you? Sometimes it's just a question of selecting the right xpath, or adding the brackets after click.

answered Mar 13, 2019 at 14:56

Philippe Roubert

462 bronze badges

1 Comment

Hebrides Over a year ago

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[@id='form-order']/div[2]/div[4]/label"}

mliakos · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-13 15:01:51Z

0

Does your code contain nested html tags? For example:

<html>

    <div>

        <p> Some text </p>

        <html>
            That block can't be traversed!
        </html>

    </div>

</html>

Anything inside the second HTML tags can't be traversed/accessed. Try to see if that's the case.

In any other case the following code ran perfectly fine for your snippet:

driver.find_element_by_css_selector('#agree').click()

edited Mar 13, 2019 at 15:01

answered Mar 13, 2019 at 14:53

mliakos

3942 silver badges9 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to check checkbox using Selenium in Python

4 Answers 4

3 Comments

Comments

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

4 Answers 4

3 Comments

Comments

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related