Python Selenium: Unable to locate the element by Xpath

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I am trying to click a save button via selenium, however, I am getting the error that it is unable to locate the element.

this is the html part of the website

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("xxx")

WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located(driver.find_element_by_id("DivFlashViewerMain_SavePdfButtonIcon")))
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="DivFlashViewerMain_SavePdfButtonIcon"]').click()

This is the error I am getting:

NoSuchElementException: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"id","selector":"DivFlashViewerMain_SavePdfButtonIcon"}
(Session info: chrome=74.0.3729.169) (Driver info: chromedriver=74.0.3729.6 (255758eccf3d244491b8a1317aa76e1ce10d57e9-refs/branch-heads/3729@{#29}),platform=Windows NT 10.0.17763 x86_64)

Moshe Slavin · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-27 15:50:58Z

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You should use element_to_be_clickable not just presence_of_element_located.

It should look something like this:

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("xxx")

button = WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "DivFlashViewerMain_SavePdfButtonIcon")))
button.click()

Hope this helps!

edited May 27, 2019 at 15:50

answered May 27, 2019 at 15:42

Moshe Slavin

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undetected Selenium Over a year ago

This should nail the OP.

Moshe Slavin · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-05 08:25:08Z

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driver.find_elements_by_css_selector('[id="DivFlashViewerMain_SavePdfButtonIcon"]')[0].click()

Seems like you are using a lot of functions, example for locating id="". Highly recommend trying css-selectors: How to use querySelectorAll only for elements that have a specific attribute set?

edited Jun 5, 2019 at 8:25

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answered May 27, 2019 at 16:03

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Moshe Slavin Over a year ago

Using CSS-selectors is highly recommend... yet I think OP's issue is with waiting for presence_of_element_located any way +1! ;)

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