python selenium function not defined?

Question

please can anyone help me with this. It says my function is not defined.

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("http://www.speedyshare.com/")

frame_name = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("/html/frameset/frame").get_attribute("name")

driver.switch_to.frame(frame_name)

elem = driver.find_element_by_id("selectfilebox")
elem.click()

I get this traceback.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ro/selem.py", line 6, in <module>
    frame_name = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("/html/frameset/frame").get_attribute("name")
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'get_attribute'
>>>

EDIT:

When I run

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("http://www.speedyshare.com/")

driver.switch_to.frame(0)

elem = driver.find_element_by_id("selectfilebox")
elem.click()

AND

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("http://www.speedyshare.com/")

frame_name = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("/html/frameset/frame").get_attribute("name")

driver.switch_to.frame(frame_name)

elem = driver.find_element_by_id("selectfilebox")
elem.click()

They both keep running with no tracebacks but the mouse stays in the address bar.

find_elements_by_xpath returns a list. List objects do not have a get_attribute method. — Kevin
– Kevin, Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 16:36
no, I've tried that also but I don't get a traceback and the mouse just stays in the address bar. — booberz
– booberz, Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 16:42

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-28 16:41:14Z

2

While @Kevin and @jonrsharpe points are perfectly correct, you don't even need this line:

frame_name = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("/html/frameset/frame").get_attribute("name")

You can simply pass the frame name to switch to:

driver.switch_to.frame("frame_name")

Or, the frame index (looks like it's just the first iframe on the page):

driver.switch_to.frame(0)

And selenium webdriver will take care of locating the frame and switching to it.

edited Sep 28, 2015 at 16:41

answered Sep 28, 2015 at 16:38

alecxe

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3 Comments

booberz Over a year ago

Thankyou but the frame is dynamic, I got that line from here. stackoverflow.com/questions/17954652/…

alecxe Over a year ago

@booberz okay, you can then switch to it by index (see the update). Thanks.

alecxe Over a year ago

@booberz also fixed the linked answer, thanks for pointing that.

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