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Reputation: 63

Python/Selenium Click on an element in a ul

I am new to Python/Selenium (< 3 days). I am trying to click on the "grades" item of an unordered list (Please see image). I have tried find_element_by_link_text, find_element_by_css_selector but am unable to find it.

Image from inspect element

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

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Answers (1)

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undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193098

As per the HTML it is pretty clear that the desired field is within an <iframe> so you have to:

  • Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.

  • Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

  • You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

  • Using CSS_SELECTOR:

    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.ID,"frameDetail")))
element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a#grades")))

  • Using XPATH:

    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.ID,"frameDetail")))
element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[@id='grades']")))

  • Note : You have to add the following imports :

    from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

Reference

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