How to click on the element using Selenium and Python

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I want to click on "create post" button of this element:

<div class="l61y9joe j8otv06s a1itoznt qwtvmjv2 kiex77na lgsfgr3h mcogi7i5 ih1xi9zn ippphs35 a53abz89" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-display="overflow" id="js_2f">Create Post</div>

But this id (id="js_2f") has a random value:

I did it this way but didn't work !

wait = WebDriverWait(self.browser, 20)
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,  "//*[text()='Create Post' and contains(@id, 'js_')]"))).click()

How can i click on it Using Xpath method ?

yrnr · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-16 12:52:29Z

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Following should help:

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[contains(text(),"Create Post")]').click()

answered Jul 16, 2020 at 12:52

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SeleniumUser · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-16 12:47:25Z

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You can try below xpath with contains

//div[contains(text(),'Create Post')]

answered Jul 16, 2020 at 12:47

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Ayoub Developer Over a year ago

please check again my post i did some changes, because there somethings i already did

SeleniumUser Over a year ago

Can you please share your url ? Also check if your element is not in the iframe. Would be great if you provide error information

Norayr Sargsyan · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-16 12:53:52Z

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You can try to perform a click on this element using link text

driver.find_element_by_link_text("Create Post")

or

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[text() = 'Create Post']")

edited Jul 16, 2020 at 12:53

answered Jul 16, 2020 at 12:47

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Ayoub Developer Over a year ago

please check again my post i did some changes, because there somthings i already did

Norayr Sargsyan Over a year ago

provide the full error log, for understanding the problem

Ayoub Developer Over a year ago

'File "C:/Users/jhon doe/PycharmProjects/FilesLibrary/AutomateFCB_INST.py", line 29, in upload_FCB wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[text()='Create Post' and contains(@id, 'js_')]"))).click() File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\support\wait.py", line 80, in until raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: '

Norayr Sargsyan Over a year ago

did you try the solutions which I mentioned in my answer? Please try and if the error still exists, provide this error only

Ayoub Developer Over a year ago

I got this error for both

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"link text","selector":"Create Post"} ----------------------------  selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//div[contains(text(),"Create Post")]"}

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-16 13:29:31Z

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The Create Post button is a JavaScript enabled element, so to click on the element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[data-hover='tooltip'][data-tooltip-display]"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div[@data-hover='tooltip' and text()='Create Post'][@data-tooltip-display]"))).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

answered Jul 16, 2020 at 13:29

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Ayoub Developer Over a year ago

didnt work , i got this error message

obj.upload_FCB()   File "C:/Users/jhon doe/PycharmProjects/FilesLibrary/AutomateFCB_INST.py", line 31, in upload_FCB     (By.XPATH, "//div[@data-hover='tooltip' and text()='Create Post'][@data-tooltip-display]"))).click()   File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\support\wait.py", line 80, in until     raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:

Ayoub Developer Over a year ago

i got this error after some changes

selenium.common.exceptions.ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: element click intercepted: Element <div class="l61y9joe j8otv06s a1itoznt qwtvmjv2 kiex77na lgsfgr3h mcogi7i5 ih1xi9zn ippphs35 a53abz89" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-display="overflow">...</div> is not clickable at point (277, 296). Other element would receive the click: <div class="_3ixn"></div>

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