With Selenium/python how to click buttons who match a certain condition

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I'm currently working with Selenium and Python to create a script that helps with booking free spots on a website for internships so you don't have to check it all the time.

I found the clickable element but now I don't know how to add the condition. I would like to make a text attribute the condition, which is under a td tag below the "button" but don't know how. It shows how many places are available to the total amount of places (x/y, so I'd make it 1/ ). Is it even possible?

Maybe I could do it by the green color but I can't find where it is anchored in the HTML document

browser.get('https://www.pj-portal.de/index_hro.php?PAGE_ID=101')

delay = 2


browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[starts-with(text(),'1/')]")
print("found")
Liste1 = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[starts-with(text(),'1/')]")
print(len(Liste1))

B = browser.find_element_by_xpath("//img[@src='images  /wunsch_setzen_button.svg']")
B.click()
print("button")

Part of HTML

<img class="aktion_tertial_wunsch_setzen " data-pj_traineeship_tertial_id="166037"
      data-pj_general_traineeship_id="8487" data-changetype="24"  
      src="images/wunsch_setzen_button.svg" alt="+" title="Wunsch">
<td class="hinweise_leer  verfuegbar  buchungsphase "> </td>
<td class=" tertial_verfuegbarkeit verfuegbar  buchungsphase  ">1/3</td>

Thanks you in advance

Novy · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-25 11:03:20Z

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Did you try to use position () method in xpath ? for example:

// xpath using position() targeting the first element starts-with(text(),'1/'
res= browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[starts-with(text(),'1/')][position()=1]")
res[0].click()

edited Apr 25, 2022 at 11:03

answered Apr 24, 2022 at 20:53

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Krischk Over a year ago

Thanks for the reply! It tells me this error: "AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'click' ". Which list is it refering to, do you know?

Krischk Over a year ago

I figured it out with B = browser.find_element_by_xpath("//*[starts-with(text(),'1/')]/preceding-sibling::td[2]/child::img") It will find 2 results, have you got an idea how to adress the second result?

Novy Over a year ago

that means it did not return a callable element but a list may be you should add something like "result[0].click()"

Novy Over a year ago

Is it ok for you now @Krischk?

Krischk Over a year ago

Somehow it does not click the element nor does it give me an error, the script just runs thorugh and nothing happens

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