How to click on the button with text as Search as per the html through Selenium and Python?

Question

I am trying to use Selenium to click a "Search" Button but I cant seem to locate it.

<div class="search">
            <input type="submit" title="Search" value="Search" class="spinner">
</div>

My code looks like this:

search_button = driver.find_element_by_class_name("spinner")
search_button.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

Any help would be much much appreciated. Thank you

have you tried locating with other locators like css selector,xpath? Also, are you getting any exception? — theGuy
– theGuy, Commented Aug 22, 2018 at 18:46

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-22 19:08:17Z

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As per the HTML you have shared to invoke click() on the button with text as Search you can use either of the following solutions:

Using click():

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@class='spinner' and @title='Search']").click()

Using submit():

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@class='spinner' and @title='Search']").submit()

edited Aug 22, 2018 at 19:08

answered Aug 22, 2018 at 19:05

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theGuy Over a year ago

OP's requirement is python, not java.

Amit Jain Over a year ago

@theGuy above code is valid for python. You can cross check in pycharm.

theGuy Over a year ago

@Amit it is valid now, my comment was for his original answer before the edit.

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@spak Upvote the answer if this/any answer is/was helpful to you for the benefit of the future readers.

Amit Jain · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-22 19:02:43Z

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You can try like this

driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".spinner")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='search']/input")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@type='submit' and @title='Search']")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@type='submit' and @value='Search']")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@title='Search']")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@value='Search']")

elementByXpath = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='search']")
elementByXpath.find_element_by_tag_name("input").send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

answered Aug 22, 2018 at 19:02

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