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weiting chen
weiting chen

Reputation: 31

Python Splinter. How to select dropdown list which doesn't have name in option section

I try to select "Local Host" from the dropdown list which has the following html code:

<select id="server_select">
    <option></option>
    <option>
        Local Host
    </option>

    <option>
        ah005
    </option>

</select>

Here is my python code to use splinter module to select "Local Host" from dropdown list but failed.

server_list = browser.find_by_xpath('//select[@id="server_select"]//option[@selected="Local Host"]').first
server_list.click()

and I got the error:

 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "splinter_test.py", line 22, in <module>
    server_list = browser.find_by_xpath('//select[@id="server_select"]//option[@selected="Local Host"]').first
  File "/Users/Bibo_MBPR/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splinter/element_list.py", line 53, in first
    return self[0]
  File "/Users/Bibo_MBPR/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splinter/element_list.py", line 44, in __getitem__
    self.find_by, self.query))
splinter.exceptions.ElementDoesNotExist: no elements could be found with xpath "//select[@id="server_select"]//option[@selected="Local Host"]"

Could someone please give me some advice? Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2146

Answers (2)

Nawshad Rehan Rasha
Nawshad Rehan Rasha

Reputation: 315

You can use find_by_id to get the browser element for drop down as it has the id="server_select" option. Then you can select your option from them by text. Try the following-

server_list = browser.find_by_id('server_select')
server_list.select_by_text("Local Host")

Or, 

browser.find_option_by_text("Local Host").first.click()

Upvotes: 4

Harald Nordgren
Harald Nordgren

Reputation: 12409

Named options are usually very helpful. But when they don't exist you have to iterate over the options to find the right one.

dropdown = browser.find_by_xpath("//select[@id='server_select']")

for option in dropdown.find_by_tag('option'):
    if option.text == "Local Host":
        option.click()
        break

You may need to call strip() on option.text before comparing in case it contains extra whitespaces.

And in case that empty option at the top is causing you problems then I would change the if case to option.text is not None and option.text == "Local Host".

Upvotes: 0

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