how to click element when the id,class name is not unique using python selenium

Question

I want to click this daily tasks link but here id and class name is not unique, My DOM element is:

I tried :

#My Restaurant Configuration MENU
  driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@class='x-btn name-container x-unselectable x-box-item x-btn-default-small x-noicon x-btn-noicon x-btn-default-small-noicon']//span[contains(text()='My Restaurant Configuration']").click()
  print("second sub link")

getting following error:

raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidSelectorException: Message: invalid selector: Unable to locate an element with the xpath expression //a[@class='x-btn name-container x-unselectable x-box-item x-btn-default-small x-noicon x-btn-noicon x-btn-default-small-noicon']//span[contains(text()='My Restaurant Configuration'] because of the following error: SyntaxError: Failed to execute 'evaluate' on 'Document': The string '//a[@class='x-btn name-container x-unselectable x-box-item x-btn-default-small x-noicon x-btn-noicon x-btn-default-small-noicon']//span[contains(text()='Daily Tasks']' is not a valid XPath expression. (Session info: chrome=80.0.3987.163)

Adrian Jimenez · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-08 16:24:41Z

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driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[contains(text(), 'Daily Tasks')]"

try also this option

driver.find_element_by_id("button-1184-btnInnerEl")

also try installing an extension for chrome or opera called cropath, it is very useful when you are still learning

answered Apr 8, 2020 at 16:24

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Divya Mani Over a year ago

As i mentioned id and class name is not unique so i couldnot use find_element_by_id. And this xpath also not working

Jack Fleeting · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-09 16:20:25Z

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Try this:

  driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@class='x-btn name-container x-unselectable x-box-item x-btn-default-small x-noicon x-btn-noicon x-btn-default-small-noicon']//span[contains(text(), 'Daily Tasks')]").click()

edited Apr 9, 2020 at 16:20

answered Apr 8, 2020 at 21:03

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Divya Mani Over a year ago

raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidSelectorException: Message: invalid selector: The result of the xpath expression "//a[@class='x-btn name-container x-unselectable x-box-item x-btn-default-small x-noicon x-btn-noicon x-btn-default-small-noicon']//span/text()[contains(.,'Daily Tasks')]" is: [object Text]. It should be an element.

Jack Fleeting Over a year ago

@DivyaMani - See edited answer and let me know if it works.

Divya Mani Over a year ago

Please i updated my question with your findings.Please correct my code

Jack Fleeting Over a year ago

@DivyaMani Don't know what to say; it's definitely a valid xpath expression.

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