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user4801096
user4801096

Reputation:

How to click on a WebElement using JavaScript using RobotFramework SeleniumLibrary in Python?

I'm trying to click on a WebElement using JavaScript but I'm unable to create a JavaScript statement for that.

I'm able to click on a Cancel button using this statement

driver.execute_javascript("$(\"div[title='Cancel']\")[0].click()")

But on clicking another element which is more complicated, I'm trying this 

expand_xpath = "//span[text()='Submit']//ancestor::table//a[text()='Expand']"
driver.execute_javascript("document.getElementByXpath('${expand_xpath}').click()")

JavascriptException: Message: javascript error: document.getElementByXpath is not a function

This expand_xpath is storing xpath of the WebElement which I need to click but I'm unable to frame the JS code for clicking this element.

Please find the RobotFramework Execute Javascript keyword expnation on this link https://robotframework.org/SeleniumLibrary/SeleniumLibrary.html#Execute%20Javascript

Second Try:

expand_xpath = "//span[text()='Submit']//ancestor::table//a[text()='Expand']"
driver.execute_javascript("document.evaluate('${expand_xpath}', document.body, null, 9, null).singleNodeValue.click()")

Output:

JavascriptException: Message: javascript error: missing ) after argument list

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1063

Answers (3)

user4801096
user4801096

Reputation:

I'm using this method to deal with the click.

Arguments: ele_xpath : XPATH of the element to be clicked. 

from SeleniumLibrary import SeleniumLibrary  

def click_element_with_javascript(ele_xpath):
            try:
                js_exp = "document.evaluate(\"##xpath##\", document.body, null, 9, null).singleNodeValue.click()".replace('##xpath##', ele_xpath)
                driver.execute_javascript(js_exp)
            except Exception as e:
                print("Element click through javascript resulted in Exception: {}".format(e))

Upvotes: 0

Linh Nhat Nguyen
Linh Nhat Nguyen

Reputation: 394

Since you're using RobotFramework, this one is quite easy:

${locator}    //button[@id='abc']
Execute JavaScript    document.evaluate("${locator}", document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue.click()

Note that the inputted xpath should not contain double quote (") character, only single quote (') to prevent JS parsing error

Upvotes: 0

mkhurmi
mkhurmi

Reputation: 816

Try clicking on element using below javaScript : 

 element= driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[text()='Submit']//ancestor::table//a[text()='Expand']")
 driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

OR use below: 

expand_xpath = "//span[text()='Submit']//ancestor::table//a[text()='Expand']"
driver.execute_javascript("document.getElementByXPath('${expand_xpath}').click()")

Note: "P" is in uppercase in XPath.

Upvotes: 1

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