How to navigate a subframe inside a frameset using Selenium WebDriver with Python?

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The layout of the hmtl page is the following :

<frameset framespacing="0" border="false" frameborder="0" rows="11%,8%,*">
    <frame name="ENTETE" src="fr_entete.htm" scrolling="no" noresize="" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">Some elements...</frame>
    <frameset framespacing="0" border="false" frameborder="0" cols="35%,7%,*">
        <frame name="SOMMAIRE" src="fr_sommaire.htm" scrolling="no" noresize="" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">Some elements...</frame>
        <frame name="OUTIL" src="fr_outil.htm" scrolling="no" noresize="" marginwidth="2" marginheight="0">Some elements...</frame>
        <frame name="LIBRE" src="fr_libre.asp" scrolling="no" noresize="" marginwidth="2" marginheight="0">Some elements...</frame>
    </frameset>
    <frame name="TRAVAIL" src="cdc_rechgen.asp" scrolling="yes" noresize="" marginwidth="5" marginheight="0" frameborder="0">Some elements...</frame>
</frameset>

I need to access to the frame "SOMMAIRE". This frame is a child of a frameset which is in turn a child of a frameset. I succeed in navigate to frame "TRAVAIL" and "ENTETE" directly, but I can't succeed in navigate the frame "SOMMAIRE"...

I've tried :

driver.switch_to_default_content()
driver.switch_to.frame("ENTETE")
driver.switch_to.frame("SOMMAIRE")

But I always have the following exception :

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchFrameException: Message: no such frame

I've also read those link, but none of them help me to do what I want...

Link1 Link2 Link3

Thanks a lot.

Can you also add where iframe tags are closed? Thanks.

alecxe
– alecxe

2015-05-25 13:25:28 +00:00
Commented May 25, 2015 at 13:25 — alecxe
– alecxe, Commented May 25, 2015 at 13:25
I've edited my post to add where iframe tags are closed.

otarie
– otarie

2015-05-25 14:43:29 +00:00
Commented May 25, 2015 at 14:43 — otarie
– otarie, Commented May 25, 2015 at 14:43

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-25 14:45:27Z

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SOMMAIRE frame is not located inside ENTETE frame (and, according to the HTML fragment - it is not inside of any frame actually). This means you don't need to switch to ENTETE first. Just switch directly to SOMMAIRE:

driver.switch_to_default_content()  # in case you were inside an iframe before
driver.switch_to.frame("SOMMAIRE")

answered May 25, 2015 at 14:45

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otarie Over a year ago

In fact when I go to this html page (made with asp), an input text is (by default) selected in the frame "TRAVAIL". I don't know if it help or not, but I can switch to "ENTETE" frame, but neither to "SOMMAIRE", nor "OUTIL" nor "LIBRE" frames.

Draken · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-24 09:56:39Z

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Try navigating to SOMMAIRE using XPATH

driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath_of_SOMMARIE")));

edited Jun 24, 2016 at 9:56

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answered Jun 24, 2016 at 9:27

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Dkellygb · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-27 09:31:08Z

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User neha bedi seemed to be on the right track but the response needed editing: Try

driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_xpath('xpath_of_SOMMARIE'))

This worked for me.

answered Jul 27, 2016 at 9:31

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