How can I click on a button inside an iframe using Selenium and Python

Question

I'm trying to click on a button "Administration" inside an iframe but I'm getting this error:

selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:

Python code I am using:

main = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='main absolute']")
main.click()
driver.switch_to.frame("tab_Welcome")
button = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.wah-global-ask-banner-item div.wah-global-ask-banner-item-title.wah-global-ask-banner-item-title-paa")))
button.click()

HTML:

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– JeffC, Commented Sep 25, 2019 at 14:59

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-25 15:47:42Z

To click() on the element with text as Administration as the the desired elements are within an <iframe> so you have to:

Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.
Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe.iframe-content#tab_Welcome")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.wah-global-ask-banner-item-title.wah-global-ask-banner-item-title-paa"))).click()

XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@class='iframe-content' and @id='tab_Welcome']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='wah-global-ask-banner-item-title wah-global-ask-banner-item-title-paa' and text()='Administration']"))).click()

Note : You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

Here you can find a relevant discussion on Ways to deal with #document under iframe

KunduK · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-25 15:04:09Z

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Induce WebDriverWait and frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it() Induce WebDriverWait and element_to_be_clickable() and Following XPATH.

main = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='main absolute']")))
main.click()
WebDriverWait(driver,20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.NAME,"frame_Welcome")))
button = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[text()='Administration']")))
button.click()

edited Sep 25, 2019 at 15:04

answered Sep 25, 2019 at 14:54

KunduK

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Luiz Over a year ago

It didn't work, still got the timeout error, it wasn't able to click on 'main absolute'

KunduK Over a year ago

@Luiz : Sorry my mistake.Missed the parenthesis.Try now.

Luiz Over a year ago

well clicking on main worked, but i'm still getting the same error for the administration button

KunduK Over a year ago

@Luiz : Can it possible to share url?

CEH · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-25 15:02:32Z

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It looks like you're switching to the iframe using its ID, but you need to switch to it by name.

So instead of driver.switch_to.frame("tab_Welcome")

You should try driver.switch_to.frame("frame_Welcome")

Hope this helps.

edited Sep 25, 2019 at 15:02

answered Sep 25, 2019 at 14:55

CEH

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JeffC Over a year ago

There is an existing ExpectedCondition that handles waiting for a frame, EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it(). See KunduK's answer.

CEH Over a year ago

@Luiz It's possible the issue is with the CSS selector itself which is causing the timeout, even if you successfully switched to the iframe. It looks like @KunduK has implemented a correct XPath selector that you can use: //div[text()='Administration']

stacktome · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-25 16:25:54Z

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def find_all_iframes(driver):
    iframes = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//iframe")
    for index, iframe in enumerate(iframes):
        # Your sweet business logic applied to iframe goes here.
        driver.switch_to.frame(index)
        find_all_iframes(driver)
        driver.switch_to.parent_frame()

answered Sep 25, 2019 at 16:25

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