selenium python continue after NoSuchElementException

Question

I have problem of going through selenium exception: NoSuchElementException.

code example:

from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException

try:
    popup = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*)
    popup.click()
except NoSuchElementException:
    pass

with this i get crash on Django framework with above error type. What i need is to go through this exception and continue program. One option is to use:

except:
    pass

but i need to collect exceptions elements.

Overall element is found by browser but can't be clicked:

Message: element click intercepted: Element <a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" rel="nofollow">...</a> is not clickable at point (654, 570).

Thank You for any suggestions.

is there any errors that you are seeing? i suggest to add explicit wait for the element. — Sureshmani Kalirajan
– Sureshmani Kalirajan, Commented Nov 19, 2019 at 14:18

KunduK · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-19 15:33:19Z

0

You can achieve that without try..catch. Check the length of the elements and if more that 0 then go to if block and execute else whatever you want to do.

if len(browser.find_elements_by_xpath('//*'))>0:
    popup =browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*')
    popup.click()
else:
    print("pass")

Or you can simply use if block.

if len(browser.find_elements_by_xpath('//*'))>0:
    popup =browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*')
    popup.click()

Edited:

Induce WebDriverWait and wait for element_to_be_clickable()

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

if len(browser.find_elements_by_xpath('//*'))>0:
    popup =WebDriverWait(browser,10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//*")))
    popup.click()
else:
    print("pass")

edited Nov 19, 2019 at 15:33

answered Nov 19, 2019 at 14:34

KunduK

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Zaraki Kenpachi Over a year ago

that will work but not in this case, because element is found but selenium can't click on it: Element is not clickable at point (654, 570)

KunduK Over a year ago

@ZarakiKenpachi : Check my edited answer.Induce WebDriverWait and wait for element_to_be_clickable()

Zaraki Kenpachi Over a year ago

that will not always work, because in some cases clickable element was hidden behind popup window.

Zaraki Kenpachi · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-20 09:54:00Z

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Solution was to add exception that will handle click error.

errors = []

try:
    popup = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*')
    popup.click()
except NoSuchElementException as err:
    errors.append(err.msg)
    pass
except ElementNotInteractableException as err:
    errors.append(err.msg)
    pass

answered Nov 20, 2019 at 9:54

Zaraki Kenpachi

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