Python selenium can't find element in modal

Question

I want to click the button in the modal that opens when I press the button, but it gives an error

my code:

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="buy-now-button"]').click()
sleep(5)
x = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[@id='turbo-checkout-pyo-button']")
if len(x) > 0:
    y = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='turbo-checkout-pyo-button']")
    y.click()

error:

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[@id='turbo-checkout-pyo-button']"}

screenshot

Is it in an iframe? or do you need a webdriverwait to ensure your button is available on the page before you attempt to access it? — RichEdwards
– RichEdwards, Commented Mar 4, 2021 at 16:40
@RichEdwards When I press the button, such a waiting screen appears: gif — NoneS
– NoneS, Commented Mar 4, 2021 at 18:23
You can see the page is spinning - things are loading without the page changing. That means it's in-page scripts getting new data. You'll need an explicit or implicit wait before you can access the elements. — RichEdwards
– RichEdwards, Commented Mar 4, 2021 at 19:34
@RichEdwards I'm already using sleep(5) to wait for it to load but it doesn't change anything. — NoneS
– NoneS, Commented Mar 4, 2021 at 19:48
've had a look for you - there is an iframe in the modal. see the answer below on how to identify and how to handle. — RichEdwards
– RichEdwards, Commented Mar 5, 2021 at 12:06

RichEdwards · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-05 12:05:54Z

Your element is within an iframe. If you keep scrolling up in your DOM you'll see this:

In order to handle iframes with selenium:

You need to switch to it
You then can complete your action
You then need to switch back to the parent frame to continue with the script:

Like this:

driver.implicitly_wait(10) # this will wait up to 10 seconds for an object to be present

#your code:
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="buy-now-button"]').click()

#iframe switch:
iframe = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//iframe[contains(@id,'turbo-checkout-iframe')]")
driver.switch_to.frame(iframe)

#your code:
x = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[@id='turbo-checkout-pyo-button']")
if len(x) > 0:
    y = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='turbo-checkout-pyo-button']")
    y.click()

#back to the main frame to continue the script 
driver.switch_to_default_content()

You probably don't need the find_elements, and the if len parts - you can probably go straight to the click. However the above is an answer to why you cannot find your element.

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