Cannot Find Element by Id? Selenium Python

Question

I am trying to use selenium on this site(https://www.kijiji.ca/t-login.html)

here is the code I use

driver=webdriver.Chrome(PATH)

driver.get("https://www.kijiji.ca/t-login.html")

driver.find_element_by_id("emailOrNickname")

but I keep getting

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":"[id="emailOrNickname"]"}

Using name attribute instead of id may solve your problem. — madogan
– madogan, Commented Jul 25, 2020 at 9:53

Aramakus · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-25 09:47:51Z

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Try

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(driver.page_source, 'html.parser')
soup.find_all('input', {'id': 'emailOrNickname'})`

edited Jul 25, 2020 at 9:47

answered Jul 25, 2020 at 9:43

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makenzie collins Over a year ago

``` AttributeError: 'WebDriver' object has no attribute 'find_all' ```

Aramakus Over a year ago

Edited, but requires BeautifulSoup.

madogan · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-25 10:35:38Z

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I think this website detects selenium. Because I can reach the site with normal browser but selenium does not show anything at login or register page. You need to bypass it if possible.

answered Jul 25, 2020 at 10:35

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Rusticus · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-25 11:15:11Z

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There's nothing wrong with your code. If you look at the response headers from the site you will see

server: rhino-core-shield

This is an indication that the server could be protected by a web application firewall.

If you inspect what you're actually getting back from the website using

driver.page_source

you will see that you're not actually getting the login page you expected, instead you are getting a horrible pile of Javascript which will presumably redirect to the real login page. The upshot is that this particular website's login page is going to be quite difficult to access programatically.

answered Jul 25, 2020 at 11:15

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Justin Lambert · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-02 14:25:51Z

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please use following xpath to click and sendkeys to email field

 driver=webdriver.Chrome(PATH)

driver.get("https://www.kijiji.ca/t-login.html")

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id="emailOrNickname"]");

answered Aug 2, 2020 at 14:25

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