Selenium Python Execute JavaScript click link i get an error. I think my syntax is wrong

Question

I am trying to click a link on our webpage. The page is built from GWT. I am using the JavaScript execute in Selenium Python.

self.driver.execute_script("document.gElementById('tab_administration').click()")

I get the following error when i run my code:

File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 181, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
WebDriverException: Message: JavaScript error

My code snippet is:

     def click_administration(self):
        time.sleep(10)
        #self.driver.find_element(By.ID, 'tab_administration').click()
        self.driver.execute_script("document.gElementById('tab_administration').click()")
        #wait = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10)
        #element = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, 'tab_administration')))
        #element.click()
        return AdministrationPage(self.driver)

Is my JavaScript call syntax incorrect? Why is it failing?

In Firefox dev tools it works. From the console window i enter this line of code:

document.gElementById('tab_administration').click()";

I am trying driver.execute_script because when i try WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10) i get a TimeOut Exception.

Some help appreciated. Thanks.

Riaz

silhouette hustler · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-18 11:35:36Z

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try this:

self.driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click()", yourElement);

answered Aug 18, 2015 at 11:35

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Riaz Ladhani Over a year ago

That's brilliant, it works. The admin tab was clicked. Thanks.

Riaz Ladhani Over a year ago

This is the code i used. admin_tab = self.driver.find_element(By.ID, 'tab_administration') self.driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click()", admin_tab)

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