How can I handle the wait_for_selector function's TimeoutError in Playwright-python?

Question

I want to use Except TimeoutError to handle the timeout problem. But the script always throws me a TimeoutError, not print a message as I planed.

Here is my code:

try:
    await page.wait_for_selector("#winiframe_main", timeout=10000, state='detached')
    print("The frame is detached.")
except TimeoutError:
    print("The frame is not detached")

Is there anything wrong with my code?

Dmitry · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-05 10:08:09Z

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You have to import TimeoutError from playwright to catch this exception:

from playwright.async_api import async_playwright, TimeoutError

answered Apr 5, 2021 at 10:08

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caram Over a year ago

... and use this if you're using the sync API: from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright, TimeoutError

Tomas Vancoillie · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-08 04:53:33Z

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It kept on throwing an error with the imported TimeoutError, so I left it out all together. Plus had to disable a flake8 error with # noqa

try:
  // some selector that might fail
  page.locator("whatever")
except: # noqa: E722
  print("Not today")
```

answered Sep 8, 2022 at 4:53

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