Python: javascript error: missing ) after argument list [duplicate]

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When running the python script below I'm getting an error message "javascript error: missing ) after argument list". The script is failing at "driver.execute_script(tab)". I've tried adjusting it but I'm not able to solve it.

import selenium
from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get('http://techstepacademy.com/training-ground')

list = ['http://yahoo.com', 'http://google.com','http://techstepacademy.com/training-ground']

for url in list:
    tab = "window.open(" + url + ",'_blank')"
    driver.execute_script(tab)

Your code is dropping the URL into the JavaScript without any quotation marks. — Pointy
– Pointy, Commented Dec 7, 2019 at 0:07
Does this answer your question? Escape character removed when using selenium execute_script through python — user202729
– user202729, Commented Jan 11, 2021 at 4:23

pguardiario · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-07 03:09:38Z

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You can avoid those quotes completely:

driver.execute_script("window.open(arguments[0])", url)

answered Dec 7, 2019 at 3:09

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Zach · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-07 00:52:22Z

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add quotes around url.

 tab = "window.open(" + '"' + url + '"' + ",'_blank')"

answered Dec 7, 2019 at 0:52

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user202729 Over a year ago

This is very bad, because some JavaScript special character in string might appear in url, such as ` or "`.

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