Click font awesome button python & selenium

Question

I am trying to run Python / Selenium script that clicks a font awesome button on a static HTML website.

I've tried several ID names but I keep getting exceptions.

When I right click and 'inspect element' the ID tag is what I have enetered currently.

I don't want to use xpath.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Python script:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time
import unittest

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("http://www.baransjd.com")
time.sleep(2)
driver.find_element_by_id("i.fa.fa-linkedin-square.fa-2x")
click()
time.sleep(2)
driver.close()

HTML for the font awesome button (no CSS)

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-b-33b89b158/"> <i class="fa fa-linkedin-square fa-2x" style="color:#5B5B5B"></i></a>

"i.fa.fa-linkedin-square.fa-2x" is a CSS selector. So, using find_element_by_id won't work. Use find_element_by_css_selector instead. driver.find_element_by_css_selector("i.fa.fa-linkedin-square.fa-2x").click(). — Keyur Potdar
– Keyur Potdar, Commented Jul 16, 2018 at 5:25

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-16 06:28:17Z

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You can try this code:

use css selector (There is no ID associated with the respective element). you can't use id here in your case to find your desired element.

driver.get("http://www.baransjd.com/")
linkdin= driver.find_element_by_css_selector("div.container i[class*='linkedin-square']")
linkdin.click()

edited Jul 16, 2018 at 6:28

answered Jul 16, 2018 at 5:20

cruisepandey

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cruisepandey Over a year ago

Did you try the code provided by me ? It worked at my end though. More over I have provided css selector as per your requirement which is more stable as compared to keyur css selector

Ishita Shah · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-16 05:13:50Z

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You may refer this,

Its class, Not ID.

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//i[@class='fa fa-linkedin-square fa-2x']").click()

answered Jul 16, 2018 at 5:13

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baransjd Over a year ago

Appreciate the response, but I am trying to avoid using x-path in this scenario.

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