Selenium WebDriver Wait until Click

Question

I have a problem with a code.

I need to wait for 3 seconds and then click the Follow button.

This code click the Follow button immediately when the website loads.

for follow in accounts_scrapped:
    driver.get(follow)

    try:
        follow_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text() = 'Follow']").click()
        print("found follow button")
        follow_button.click()
        print("followed")

    except:
        print("already followed this account. Going to next one")
        continue

you are clicking the button twice? follow_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text() = 'Follow']").click() has .click() at the end — coderoftheday
– coderoftheday, Commented Nov 26, 2020 at 12:28
oops i put it by mistake. I want to click it one time, but not immediately . — Nikos Liolios
– Nikos Liolios, Commented Nov 26, 2020 at 12:30

coderoftheday · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-26 12:42:40Z

1

Debug your code like this, this may help see where the problem is then

for follow in accounts_scrapped:
    driver.get(follow)
    try:
        follow_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text() = 'Follow']")
        time.sleep(3)
        print('0 seconds letf')
        follow_button.click()
        print("followed")
    except Exception as e :
        print(e)
        print("already followed this account. Going to next one")
        continue

print(e) will print the error

edited Nov 26, 2020 at 12:42

answered Nov 26, 2020 at 12:32

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coderoftheday Over a year ago

are you saying its not waiting 3 seconds? maybe somewhere else in your code you've clicked it?

Nikos Liolios Over a year ago

I'am always getting the message "already followed this account. Going to next one"

coderoftheday Over a year ago

that means the try block had an error so it moved to the except block

coderoftheday Over a year ago

what's being printed out for print(e)?

Nikos Liolios Over a year ago

the time.sleep(3) as i understand waits 3 seconds until the next page appears. But in this case it clicks immediately the Follow button again when every page of the website appears.

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