Locate an fill input element with selenium python

Question

I'm Trying to fill the next txtBox but I'have tried with the xpath, name, class.

<input name="txtNumDoc" type="text" id="txtNumDoc" class="txtBox">

But always get me the same error.

NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[contains(.,'txtNumDoc')]"}

There could be several reasons for this error. Could you provide the complete html or a link it? — RKelley
– RKelley, Commented Mar 6, 2020 at 19:35

JeffC · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-06 20:15:31Z

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First, the element you are trying to access is inside an iframe so you need to switch to that first:

iframe = driver.find_element_by_id("iframeBDUA")

driver.switch_to.frame(iframe)

and then you can find your element:

element = driver.find_element_by_id("txtNumDoc")

edited Mar 6, 2020 at 20:15

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answered Mar 6, 2020 at 20:09

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JeffC Over a year ago

I think you typo'd the # in the ID... I'm assuming you were thinking CSS selector.

RKelley Over a year ago

@JeffC You're right. Thanks! I usually use CSS selector 90%+ of the time and was running on auto pilot. Thanks for the edit!

supputuri · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-06 20:01:28Z

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//*[contains(.,'txtNumDoc')] is not a valid xpath for this element as we don't have text txtNumDoc for this element. txtNumDoc is attribute value for both name and id in this case.

use the below.

//input[@id="txtNumDoc"]

answered Mar 6, 2020 at 20:01

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Jeffer Leonardo Alarcon Pedraz Over a year ago

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[@id="txtNumDoc"]') That also gets error: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"id","selector":"//input[@id="txtNumDoc"]"}

supputuri Over a year ago

if you are using id method then please send textNumDoc.

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