Python Selenium for loop on multiple input fields with same ID

Question

I'm using Python and Selenium to fill out a web form. On one of the pages, it has multiple input fields with the same ID. Sometimes it's 1, 2, 3 and 4. Each ticket is different.

Here's my attempt:

how_many_meter_options = len(browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//span[contains(@class,'meterdisplay')]"))
  browser.implicitly_wait(30)
  print("There are ")
  print(how_many_meter_options)
  print(" Meter Options")
  thecountofmeters = str(how_many_meter_options)
  for row_of_meters in thecountofmeters:
    browser.find_element_by_xpath("//span[contains(@class,'meterdisplay')]").click()
    thelastmeter = browser.find_element_by_id("meteredit-lastreading-display").text
    print(thelastmeter)
    browser.implicitly_wait(30)
    browser.find_element_by_id('meteredit-display').clear()
    browser.find_element_by_id('meteredit-display').send_keys(thelastmeter)
    browser.implicitly_wait(30)
    browser.find_element_by_name('ok').click()
    browser.implicitly_wait(30)

This only fills out the first input field. I need it to do all.

Here's the html

<input rt-autofocus="" type="number" id="meteredit-display" name="display" data-ng-model="meter.MeterDisplay" min="0" data-ng-disabled="!canEditMeter()" class="ng-pristine ng-valid ng-valid-number ng-valid-min ng-valid-pattern">

Here's my attempt:

Nathan Roberts · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-25 13:06:01Z

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The function find_element_by_id() will only find the first element with a matching id that you put in the arguments. To my knowledge there is no function to find multiple using just the id as an argument, however you might be able to use find_elements_by_xpath("//input[id='meteredit-display']") which will return a group of elements you can iterate through and apply your commands on.

Something like this:

input_elements = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//input[id='meteredit-display']")
for element in input_elements:
    element.clear()
    element.send_keys(thelastmeter)

Let me know if you try this and how it works.

Edit: Also I should add that calling browser.implictly_wait() multiple times does nothing. The functions tells the webdriver to wait up to the specified amount of time when trying to find something before it moves on. It is something that just needs to be set once and then you don't have to call it again unless you want to change the amount of time that is waited.

edited Oct 25, 2021 at 13:06

answered Oct 21, 2021 at 20:56

Nathan Roberts

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Youngbuck2 Over a year ago

I tried this but it didn't work. It actually didn't do anything...

Nathan Roberts Over a year ago

I realized a mistake I made in my code, if you want to take a look at my changes and try again. The clear() and send_keys() function calls should have been on each element that was returned from the find_elements_by_xpath() call. The code I had there was trying to find an element again. Sorry about that.

thismeanssomething · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-21 21:37:37Z

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Like Nathan Roberts suggested above, you can look for the xpath, however, having multiple elements with the same id is not considered valid HTML. If you have any say in this I'd recommend requesting the change.

Another option would be to use a regular expression on the raw html.

answered Oct 21, 2021 at 21:37

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