Python selenium select option from dropdown

Question

I am trying to select an option from http://www.lacoteargus.ma/cote-maroc/recherche/
But I am getting this error:
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotVisibleException: Message: element not interactable: Element is not currently visible and may not be manipulated
in this line
Brands.select_by_visible_text('BMW')

Here is my script:

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import os
import time

Email = '***************'
Pass = '******'
LoginUrl = 'http://www.lacoteargus.ma/'

chrome_options = Options()
chromedriver_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "chromedriver")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver_path, options=chrome_options)

driver.get(LoginUrl)
driver.find_element_by_name('strLogin').send_keys(Email)
driver.find_element_by_name('strPwd').send_keys(Pass)
driver.find_element_by_id('validation').click()
time.sleep(10)
driver.find_element_by_class_name('caret').click()
time.sleep(1)

Brands = Select(driver.find_element_by_id('marque'))
Brands.select_by_visible_text('BMW')

I have also tried:
Brands.select_by_value('1')
and
Brands.select_by_index('1')

None of them are working.

What is the correct way to select an <option> using Selenium's Python WebDriver — Smart Manoj
– Smart Manoj, Commented Apr 13, 2019 at 10:39
Its a select2 or similar element, not a simple select element. If you query //[text()='BMW'] you will see two elements (the first is the hidden option and the second is the span that you want to click to trigger the select). — filipe
– filipe, Commented Apr 13, 2019 at 11:04
I suggest that you don't use the time.sleep, its not recommended and you will spend to much time were you don't want to. See WebDriverWait() function. — filipe
– filipe, Commented Apr 13, 2019 at 11:06

Atik R · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-13 18:34:35Z

2

Its not a select element, the select element is hidden.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import os

Email = '*****************'
Pass = '******'
LoginUrl = 'http://www.lacoteargus.ma/'

chrome_options = Options()
chromedriver_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "chromedriver")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chromedriver_path, options=chrome_options)

driver.get(LoginUrl)
driver.find_element_by_name('strLogin').send_keys(Email)
el = driver.find_element_by_name('strPwd')
el.send_keys(Pass)
el.submit()

driver.find_element_by_class_name('caret').click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath(f"//span[text()='BMW']").click()

edited Apr 13, 2019 at 18:34

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answered Apr 13, 2019 at 10:53

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Atik R Over a year ago

Awesome @filipe you are genius. Thanks a lot.

Atik R Over a year ago

Have you seen the date field below? can I select 2010 January? @filipe

filipe Over a year ago

Added another response for that question.

filipe · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-14 16:47:50Z

1

About how to select a date on the bootstrap date picker:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "datemec")))
el = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='datemec']/parent::div/span")
el.click()

n = 0
while True:
    driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[contains(@class, 'datepicker-years')]//th[contains(@class,'prev')]").click()
    el = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[@class='input-group-addon']")
    try:
        el.find_element_by_xpath(f"//span[text()='2000']").click()
        break
    except Exception as e:
        if n > 3:
            raise
        n += 1

edited Apr 14, 2019 at 16:47

answered Apr 13, 2019 at 14:39

filipe

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Atik R Over a year ago

Thanks, Man! It's working like a charm. Thank you so much. @filipe

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