TimeoutException using Google Chrome in headless mode through Python Selenium

Question

I wanted to use headless mode in my python selenium project, and I get this error:

Exception has occurred: TimeoutException

The last traceback was on line 26, and it was also the first line after succesfully opening a website. Here is the line in question:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[@class=' css-1hy2vtq']"))).click()

What I've tried to solve it:

I've tried adding arguments to the chrome options, I've tried switching up the first line and so I found out that waiting for an element_to_be_clickable() does not work but find_element(By), does (well in this case at least).

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-25 06:52:27Z

1

The classnames i.e. css-1hy2vtq, etc are dynamically generated and is bound to change sooner/later. They may change next time you access the application afresh or even while next application startup. So can't be used in locators.

Solution

You need to consider any of the other attributes which is static in nature. Example:

//button[text()='Click Me']

edited Jul 25, 2022 at 6:52

answered Jul 24, 2022 at 23:31

undetected Selenium

194k44 gold badges304 silver badges387 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

vizznet Over a year ago

update: When I remove the class and just have the static attributes it doesn't seem to recognize it

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

Try any other static attribute or the parent element with unique attribute.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

TimeoutException using Google Chrome in headless mode through Python Selenium

What I've tried to solve it:

1 Answer 1

Solution

2 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

What I've tried to solve it:

1 Answer 1

Solution

2 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related