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PythonLearn
PythonLearn

Reputation: 97

Click links one by one with Selenium webdriver Python

I make script which search for me intersted set of strings, but i have error. How i can resolve below problem:

links = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("xpath")

for x in range(0, len(links)):
    driver.implicitly_wait(2)
    links[x].click()
    try:
        driver.implicitly_wait(3)
        DO something
        driver.back()
        print("Mission completed!!")
    except (ElementNotVisibleException, NoSuchElementException):
        driver.back()
        print("No action")

Error:
selenium.common.exceptions.StaleElementReferenceException: Message: The element reference is stale. Either the element is no longer attached to the DOM or the page has been refreshed.
in line: links[x].click()

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3357

Answers (2)

Andersson
Andersson

Reputation: 52665

Once you re-directed to new page elements from your list links become stale- you cannot use them anymore.

You can use below code instead:

links = [link.get_attribute('href') for link in driver.find_elements_by_xpath("xpath")]
for link in links:
    driver.get(link)
    # DO something

This should allow you to get list of references and get each page in a loop

Upvotes: 4

sergiusignacius
sergiusignacius

Reputation: 36

What does clicking on the links do? If you navigate to another page after clicking it, then the next one in the iteration is no longer in the DOM, effectively becoming stale.

Upvotes: 1

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