Clicked button doesn't really function by Selenium Python

Question

I've been trying to click a button that downloads a CSV file from "https://mol.org/regions/?regiontype=countries". I'm sure that I've selected the button, as I can print the text written on it, but whenever I try to .click() it, it doesn't download the file. Are there any additional steps needed to operate the function bound to the button? Thank you in advance.

PS : The button works manually.

Here is the driver code I used :

with webdriver as driver:
    driver.maximize_window()
    driver.implicitly_wait(30)
    driver.get(url)
    driver.maximize_window()
    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
    wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, search_bar_CSS_Selector))).send_keys(search_query+Keys.RETURN)
    driver.find_element_by_css_selector(download_button_CSS_Selector).click()
    print(driver.find_element_by_css_selector(download_button_CSS_Selector).text)
    driver.close()

You can see that I actually print the button text & can access it, but the .click() is not working as expected.

Variables :

search_query = 'Egypt'
search_bar_CSS_Selector = "input[placeholder='Filter Political boundaries']"
download_button_CSS_Selector = "button[ng-click ='initiateDownload()']"

@Muhammed Ezzat Can you just try this XPath ((//*[normalize-space()='Download full list'])[3]) for the download button — YaDav MaNish
– YaDav MaNish, Commented Jul 20, 2021 at 7:25
@YaDavMaNish : why would you suggest that xpath, when we already have a good css selector ? What's the need to perform this in incognito mode ? — cruisepandey
– cruisepandey, Commented Jul 20, 2021 at 7:40

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-20 07:16:16Z

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Your css selector looks perfect, but I think it's a page loading issue. So I tried that with an explicit wait command (check below) and it seems working fine.

Sample code :

so instead of this :

driver.find_element_by_css_selector(download_button_CSS_Selector).click()

use this :

wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button[ng-click ='initiateDownload()']"))).click()

Update 1 :

driver.get("https://mol.org/regions/?regiontype=countries")
driver.maximize_window()
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[placeholder='Filter Political boundaries']"))).send_keys('Egypt'+Keys.RETURN)
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button[ng-click ='initiateDownload()']"))).click()

edited Jul 20, 2021 at 7:16

answered Jul 20, 2021 at 6:21

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Muhammad Ezzat Over a year ago

I tried using this line, still no downloaded file. If you successfully downloaded the file, could the problem come from another source? I'm really new to Selenium & still figuring things out. :D

cruisepandey Over a year ago

Well I could download. What went wrong ? Can you remove driver.close and check again ?

Muhammad Ezzat Over a year ago

I did so. There are no errors, it just finishes executing, prints the button text & nothing else.

Muhammad Ezzat Over a year ago

Couldn't download too. I will try checking it on another machine.

Muhammad Ezzat Over a year ago

Sorry for being late, I was on a vacation. Yes, it works indeed. I guess there is an issue that needs to be solved with my machine., perhaps the OS.

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