Unable to click on element with link in selenium python

Question

I am trying to interact with a sign out button but I just can't seem to click on it using link text or xpath.

I have tried following these answers with no luck:

Here is my code:

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

from xatu.tests.base import login
from xatu.tests.bagon import BagonBaseTestCase


class BasicTestCase(BagonBaseTestCase):

    @login
    def test_logout(self):
        self._wait_until_id_presents("quotes-form")
        WebDriverWait(self, 10).until(
        EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//a[@href='/login/clear']/i")))
        self.browser.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@href='/login/clear']/i").click()
        self.implicitly_wait(2)
        self._title_check("Login")

The first line under test_logout calls a function that waits for a certain element to appear on the webpage so I can see that the page has been loaded. Then I try to click the sign out button.

This is the HTML(element is at class="btn" href="/login/clear"):

<div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top screen-only">
    <div class="navbar-inner">
        <div class="container-fluid">
            <a class="btn btn-navbar" data-target=".nav-collapse" data-toggle="collapse">
            <a class="brand" href="/">
            <div class="nav-collapse collapse">
                <ul class="nav">
                <p class="pull-right" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-left: 4px;">
                    <a class="btn" href="/login/clear">
                        <i class="icon-off"/>
                             Sign out
                    </a>
                </p>
                <p class="navbar-text pull-right">                         Logged-in as D. V.                  Lauper                     </p>
            </div>
            <!--/.nav-collapse -->
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

When I try finding by link_text, the element can't be found. Running this code gives me a stacktrace error saying:

ElementNotVisibleException: Message: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with

Edit: I've tried Saifur's answer and updated my code to his answer but now I get: AttributeError: 'BasicTestCase' object has no attribute 'find_element'. I've tried changing "self" to "self.browser" as an argument in WebDriverWait() but I would then get my original error.

Saifur · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-12 15:48:46Z

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Use explicit wait and relativexpath

like //a[@href='/login/clear']/i

from xatu.tests.base import login
from xatu.tests.bagon import BagonBaseTestCase  

class BasicTestCase(BagonBaseTestCase):

    @login
    def test_logout(self):
        self._wait_until_id_presents("quotes-form")
        WebDriverWait(self, 10).until(
        EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//a[@href='/login/clear']/i")))      
        self.browser.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@href='/login/clear']/i").click()
        self.browser.implicitly_wait(2)
        self._title_check("Login")

edited Jan 12, 2015 at 15:48

answered Jan 9, 2015 at 19:27

Saifur

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AlphaFoxtrot Over a year ago

Thank you for your answer. I get an error running your code though. AttributeError: 'BasicTestCase' object has no attribute 'find_element'. I tried changing the "self" in WebDriverWait to "self.browser" but I would get my original error. Also I believe you were missing an extra parenthesis.

Saifur Over a year ago

Thanks for bringing that to my attention.I corrected the ). And, you should be passing the driver instance inside ` WebDriverWait(self, 10)` whatever it is and please make sure you have imported the correct references as well. See this

Saifur Over a year ago

Are you still getting the exception?

AlphaFoxtrot Over a year ago

I don't get the exception. Just that Attribute error when I run your code. There are some error that pop up in the Traceback from the selenium expected_conditions pakcage.

AlphaFoxtrot Over a year ago

It did not. The test stopped and failed because of that Attribute error. I'm using nosetests by the way if that helps.

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Bee Smears · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-12 17:09:52Z

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You need an explicit wait. See docs. Example code:

element = WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH,'//a[@href="/login/clear"]')))

And then just click the element.

element.click()

Note I added my answer b/c -- in my tests at least -- you don't need to worry about the italics tag. That's for the text, not the button -- and you're not clicking the text. So find By.XPATH and select a unique attribute (i.e., the href in this case and very likley not the class attr), and then click your element.

EDIT:

please try this line:

element = WebDriverWait(self.browser, 30).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH,'//a[@class="btn" and @href="/login/clear"]')))

edited Jan 12, 2015 at 17:09

answered Jan 9, 2015 at 19:54

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AlphaFoxtrot Over a year ago

Thank you for your response. When I tried your method I got a timeout issue. It actually couldn't find it for some reason within 30 seconds which should be more then enough time since the webpage loads within about 2 seconds when I'm clicking through manually. I also changed "driver" to "self.browser" since that is my variable that points to webdriver.FireFox()

Bee Smears Over a year ago

@AlphaFoxtrot so is it working or do you need a bit more assistance? I'm at my computer this morning and would happily do what I can. let me know!

AlphaFoxtrot Over a year ago

More assistance would be appreciated! When I run your code I would get a timeout issue. I don't get my original error however, the error now is: "raise TimeoutException(message) TimeoutException: Message: " There is no message since I have none but couldn't find the element within the time you gave it. The only thing I changed in your code was "driver" in WebDriverWait() to "self.browser"

AlphaFoxtrot Over a year ago

I've updated my code according to Saifur's answer and I'm working with him as well to try and solve this problem. I get a different error with his code than yours.

Bee Smears Over a year ago

@AlphaFoxtrot okay, try his/her stuff and then, if it doesn't work, let me know. I'm happy to help, but I'm sure you and Saifur can get it. Let me know! Thanks!

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