Python Selenium does not work with WebDriverWait

Question

I try to log in to Google with Selenium. It works if I use sleep() like this code:

browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get('https://admin.google.com/')

emailElem = browser.find_element_by_id('Email')
emailElem.send_keys('mymail')
nextButton = browser.find_element_by_id('next')
nextButton.click()

sleep(5)
passwordElem = browser.find_element_by_id('Passwd')
passwordElem.send_keys('mypass')
signinButton = browser.find_element_by_id('signIn')
signinButton.click()

If I change sleep to WebDriverWait like this

browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get('https://admin.google.com/')

emailElem = browser.find_element_by_id('Email')
emailElem.send_keys('mymail')
nextButton = browser.find_element_by_id('next')
nextButton.click()


passwordElem = WebDriverWait(browser, 5).until(
    EC.presence_of_element_located(browser.find_element_by_id('Passwd'))
)
passwordElem.send_keys('mypass')
signinButton = browser.find_element_by_id('signIn')
signinButton.click()

It shows an error like this:

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: [id="Passwd"]

How can I use WebDriverWait?

It cannot be NoSuchElementException. In case of WebdriverWait + ExpectedConditions you should get TimeOutException! Are you sure that you show us correct code? — Andersson
– Andersson, Commented Jan 8, 2017 at 8:52

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-31 22:11:46Z

8

Yes, as Guy said, your browser.find_element_by_id('Passwd')) is not neccesary. Change to((By.ID, "Passwd"))) as shown in the documentation. Here's what the code should be:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get('https://admin.google.com/')

emailElem = browser.find_element_by_id('[email protected]')
emailElem.send_keys('youremail')
nextButton = browser.find_element_by_id('next')
nextButton.click()


passwordElem = WebDriverWait(browser, 5).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "Passwd")))

passwordElem.send_keys('yourpassword')
signinButton = browser.find_element_by_id('signIn')
signinButton.click()

edited Oct 31, 2022 at 22:11

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 8, 2017 at 11:36

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Guy · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-08 11:33:28Z

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You don't need to use browser.find_element inside expected_conditions (that is why you get NoSuchElementException instead of TimeOutException). The correct way to use it is (By.ID, "id")

passwordElem = WebDriverWait(browser, 5).until(
    EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "Passwd"))
)

answered Jan 8, 2017 at 11:33

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