Python Selenium how to locate element

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How can I click via selenium and python on such element:

      <a href="#create" class="btn toolbarBtn">
          <i class="fa fa-plus-circle"></i> Create
        </a>

When I Copy Xpath this element from Chrome i got this:

//*[@id="page"]/div/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/a/i

But when I use it in my code:

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="page"]/div/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/a/i').click()

I got error that:

Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[@id="page"]/div/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/a/i').click()"}

When I tried to use find_element_by_link_text and partial_link_text I got same error that selenium was unable to find such element.

Are you sure about the xpath?is it really valid? could you please paste the link of the page here? — Manoj Kengudelu
– Manoj Kengudelu, Commented Mar 30, 2017 at 11:14
I can't paste link here because its under corporate network. But I think I found solution. Selenium is too fast, and I need to put implicitly_wait(10) somewhere in my code :) — heniekk
– heniekk, Commented Mar 30, 2017 at 14:45

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-30 11:35:45Z

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Try to wait until element becomes clickable:

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

wait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a[href='#create']"))).click()

If this also doesn't work check whether your link located inside <iframe>. If so, you need to switch to that frame before clicking link:

driver.switch_to.frame("Put frameID here")

answered Mar 30, 2017 at 11:35

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heniekk · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-30 14:51:44Z

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In this particular case I found that selenium is going too fast, so some elements doesn't have time to load. When I put sleep(5) in the code the errors gone.

To avoid putting too many sleep() in my code I use driver.implicitly_wait(10) which resolved my problem definitely. I also dense my code a lot throwing up nearly all sleep() functions.

Thanks all for help!

answered Mar 30, 2017 at 14:51

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JeffC Over a year ago

Please use the Post answer button only for actual answers. You should modify your original question to add additional information.

Al Sweigart Over a year ago

This is a less than ideal solution compared to using Selenium's built-in wait() function.

heniekk Over a year ago

And why driver.implicitly_wait(10) is worse than explicitly waiting?

Andersson Over a year ago

@heniekk, ExplicitWait provides with more options and flexibility. Check this stackoverflow.com/questions/10404160/…

heniekk Over a year ago

@Andersson thank you for this. This information is very valuable for me. I marked your answer as approved. Update: but still I found Chloe comment here stackoverflow.com/questions/10404160/… valid in my situation. Implicite wait is much easier to use for me.

Alex Bruce · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-31 00:53:30Z

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please try below code

driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text("Create").click()

edited Mar 31, 2017 at 0:53

answered Mar 30, 2017 at 11:30

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Andersson Over a year ago

There is no method find_element_by_partial_link() in selenium. Also there is no need to use search by partial link text as search by link text "Create" is more precise and it should also find the link

Chanda Korat Over a year ago

It should be find_element_by_partial_link_text

heniekk Over a year ago

Sorry I didn't mention this (I edited my question to address this), but I tried this one to.

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