Clicking using Python and Selenium

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I have these following elements in a page and I need to select the element with the value 18 inside using Python and selenium script. That is the second link. Here is the HTML code of the page

<a class="ui-state-default ui-state-highlight ui-state-active" href="#">17</a>
<a class="ui-state-default ui-state-highlight ui-state-active" href="#">18</a>
<a class="ui-state-default ui-state-highlight ui-state-active" href="#">19</a>

I am trying to use the following Python and Selenium code to click

elem = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//a[@class="ui-state-default"]').click()

But that does not work. How do I fix it?

Corey Goldberg · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-17 16:17:44Z

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elem = driver.find_element_by_link_text("18")
elem.click()

answered Nov 17, 2017 at 16:17

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Mangohero1 · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-17 16:18:59Z

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That will find the first element matching that XPath, which is the one with the value 17. To select the element whose value is 18, try this:

driver.find_element_by_link_text('18').click()

PS: You don't need to set the click event to a variable. Only do this if you need to multiple actions on the element (send_keys(), click(), text, etc.)

answered Nov 17, 2017 at 16:18

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