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Strange XPath behavior
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
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Data science time! April 2019 and salary with experienceSelenium IDE problems with a new:from XPathVerify xpath is valid with developer tools in IE8XPath given by Chrome DevTools could not be foundSelenium - Searching Element by xPath is not found during execution but it is found on BrowserWebpage view source has body content as 'please wait' and selenium is unable to load any elementsInspect element without right clicking in ChromeUnable to click login dropdown via xpathPython Selenium find element XPath doesn't workUnable to locate element error through Selenium after copying xPath locationXpath is invalid in Selenium's automated browser
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty height:90px;width:728px;box-sizing:border-box;
Admittedly, I don't have much experience in selenium or advanced website building but this has had me stumped for a few days now
After trying to get selenium to find this one element 20 different ways, I ended up just using chromes console to try and find it through there with the $x() command. That's where I really got confused though, I have no idea why it's not finding it one second, then magically finding it the next
here's what the console output looks like:
Strangely enough, even when I click on the element and retry the above xpath command, it still can't find it. The only way that i can get it to find the element is if I use chromes ctrl + shift + c command to click on the element and see it in element tab. I can't right click and inspect the element because it brings up it's own menu, it only works through that shortcut or clicking the button that activates that command.
I have a feeling this is why my Selenium script can't find the element and I'm not sure how to fix it or even why it's happening. Any input that could help wrap my head around this would be appreciated greatly, thank you!
javascript python html css selenium
asked Mar 8 at 13:48
NickMNickM
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Admittedly, I don't have much experience in selenium or advanced website building but this has had me stumped for a few days now
After trying to get selenium to find this one element 20 different ways, I ended up just using chromes console to try and find it through there with the $x() command. That's where I really got confused though, I have no idea why it's not finding it one second, then magically finding it the next
here's what the console output looks like:
Strangely enough, even when I click on the element and retry the above xpath command, it still can't find it. The only way that i can get it to find the element is if I use chromes ctrl + shift + c command to click on the element and see it in element tab. I can't right click and inspect the element because it brings up it's own menu, it only works through that shortcut or clicking the button that activates that command.
I have a feeling this is why my Selenium script can't find the element and I'm not sure how to fix it or even why it's happening. Any input that could help wrap my head around this would be appreciated greatly, thank you!
javascript python html css selenium
asked Mar 8 at 13:48
NickMNickM
263
can you please share your html?
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 13:54
You may be onto something...if i inspect element and copy part of that code and view the page source I can't find it in there. Maybe it has something to do with an iFrame? Does selenium work with iFrames do you know?
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:10
Yes.You need to switch to iframe first to access the elemet.
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 14:21
I cannot believe I didn't think of this before, thank you so much Kajal - really appreciate the help
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:30
add a comment |
Admittedly, I don't have much experience in selenium or advanced website building but this has had me stumped for a few days now
After trying to get selenium to find this one element 20 different ways, I ended up just using chromes console to try and find it through there with the $x() command. That's where I really got confused though, I have no idea why it's not finding it one second, then magically finding it the next
here's what the console output looks like:
Strangely enough, even when I click on the element and retry the above xpath command, it still can't find it. The only way that i can get it to find the element is if I use chromes ctrl + shift + c command to click on the element and see it in element tab. I can't right click and inspect the element because it brings up it's own menu, it only works through that shortcut or clicking the button that activates that command.
I have a feeling this is why my Selenium script can't find the element and I'm not sure how to fix it or even why it's happening. Any input that could help wrap my head around this would be appreciated greatly, thank you!
javascript python html css selenium
asked Mar 8 at 13:48
NickMNickM
263
Admittedly, I don't have much experience in selenium or advanced website building but this has had me stumped for a few days now
After trying to get selenium to find this one element 20 different ways, I ended up just using chromes console to try and find it through there with the $x() command. That's where I really got confused though, I have no idea why it's not finding it one second, then magically finding it the next
here's what the console output looks like:
Strangely enough, even when I click on the element and retry the above xpath command, it still can't find it. The only way that i can get it to find the element is if I use chromes ctrl + shift + c command to click on the element and see it in element tab. I can't right click and inspect the element because it brings up it's own menu, it only works through that shortcut or clicking the button that activates that command.
I have a feeling this is why my Selenium script can't find the element and I'm not sure how to fix it or even why it's happening. Any input that could help wrap my head around this would be appreciated greatly, thank you!
javascript python html css selenium
javascript python html css selenium
asked Mar 8 at 13:48
NickMNickM
263
asked Mar 8 at 13:48
NickMNickM
263
asked Mar 8 at 13:48
NickMNickM
263
asked Mar 8 at 13:48
NickMNickM
263
asked Mar 8 at 13:48
NickMNickM
263
263
can you please share your html?
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 13:54
You may be onto something...if i inspect element and copy part of that code and view the page source I can't find it in there. Maybe it has something to do with an iFrame? Does selenium work with iFrames do you know?
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:10
Yes.You need to switch to iframe first to access the elemet.
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 14:21
I cannot believe I didn't think of this before, thank you so much Kajal - really appreciate the help
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:30
add a comment |
can you please share your html?
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 13:54
You may be onto something...if i inspect element and copy part of that code and view the page source I can't find it in there. Maybe it has something to do with an iFrame? Does selenium work with iFrames do you know?
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:10
Yes.You need to switch to iframe first to access the elemet.
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 14:21
I cannot believe I didn't think of this before, thank you so much Kajal - really appreciate the help
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:30
can you please share your html?
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 13:54
can you please share your html?
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 13:54
You may be onto something...if i inspect element and copy part of that code and view the page source I can't find it in there. Maybe it has something to do with an iFrame? Does selenium work with iFrames do you know?
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:10
You may be onto something...if i inspect element and copy part of that code and view the page source I can't find it in there. Maybe it has something to do with an iFrame? Does selenium work with iFrames do you know?
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:10
Yes.You need to switch to iframe first to access the elemet.
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 14:21
Yes.You need to switch to iframe first to access the elemet.
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 14:21
I cannot believe I didn't think of this before, thank you so much Kajal - really appreciate the help
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:30
I cannot believe I didn't think of this before, thank you so much Kajal - really appreciate the help
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:30
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The element I wanted to click on was hidden under THREE iFrames which is why it couldn't find it. After switching through them, the script functioned correctly - Thank you to Kajal Kundu for his simple question of asking for the HTML, I don't know why I didn't think of iframes possibly messing it up until I started copying the code for him :)
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The element I wanted to click on was hidden under THREE iFrames which is why it couldn't find it. After switching through them, the script functioned correctly - Thank you to Kajal Kundu for his simple question of asking for the HTML, I don't know why I didn't think of iframes possibly messing it up until I started copying the code for him :)
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The element I wanted to click on was hidden under THREE iFrames which is why it couldn't find it. After switching through them, the script functioned correctly - Thank you to Kajal Kundu for his simple question of asking for the HTML, I don't know why I didn't think of iframes possibly messing it up until I started copying the code for him :)
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The element I wanted to click on was hidden under THREE iFrames which is why it couldn't find it. After switching through them, the script functioned correctly - Thank you to Kajal Kundu for his simple question of asking for the HTML, I don't know why I didn't think of iframes possibly messing it up until I started copying the code for him :)
answered Mar 8 at 14:56
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The element I wanted to click on was hidden under THREE iFrames which is why it couldn't find it. After switching through them, the script functioned correctly - Thank you to Kajal Kundu for his simple question of asking for the HTML, I don't know why I didn't think of iframes possibly messing it up until I started copying the code for him :)
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can you please share your html?
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 13:54
You may be onto something...if i inspect element and copy part of that code and view the page source I can't find it in there. Maybe it has something to do with an iFrame? Does selenium work with iFrames do you know?
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:10
Yes.You need to switch to iframe first to access the elemet.
– KunduK
Mar 8 at 14:21
I cannot believe I didn't think of this before, thank you so much Kajal - really appreciate the help
– NickM
Mar 8 at 14:30