selenium iterate through options in dropdown select

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I'm using selenium in python, and I have a dropdown that I'm trying to select from. Essentially, I just want to iterate through all the options, like so:

select first option 
  submit page 
  \\ do stuff
select second option 
  submit page 
  \\ do stuff
select third option 
  submit page 
  \\ do stuff
etc...

I know it's possible to do this if you know what each of the option values are (you just create a list of those values), but is there a way of just iterating through all the options when you don't know what the option values are?

Thanks!

Does Python have something like select_by_id? Which is a number? — SiKing
– SiKing, Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 17:10

Guy · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-22 17:12:33Z

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You can get list of all the options using select.options. Than you can select options using index.

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id("dropDown"))
options = select.options
for index in range(0, len(options) - 1):
    select.select_by_index(index)
    # do stuff

answered Feb 22, 2016 at 17:12

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Mykola Zotko · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-14 07:29:41Z

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You can simply iterate through all options:

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id("someId"))

for opt in select.options:
    # for example
    print(opt.text)
    opt.click()

answered Apr 14, 2020 at 7:29

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Golda Velez · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-23 21:43:27Z

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thanks for the answer, question, shouldn't it be

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id("dropDown"))
options = select.options
for index in range(0, len(options)):
    select.select_by_index(index)
    # do stuff

answered Sep 23, 2016 at 21:43

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dckuehn Over a year ago

The only difference between this and the other answer is the ` - 1` on line 3. Please explain the difference and why it is important.

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