Option values when creating drivers On the remote server(ubuntu on EC2) via ssh, Attempt to run Python scripts using selenium via nohup python3 ~~. py> ~/log.out & It works well when maintaining the ssh connection with the server. But an error occurs a few seconds after disconnecting the ssh selenium.c…
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Selenium is unable to get element.text while using python and web driver
I am learning Selenium with Python. Above is my code. I want to retrieve this circled element in Wikipedia, as we can see it is an anchor tag<a> that is within a <div> that has an id of “articlecount”. I’ve tried the By.CSS_SELECTOR which didn’t work, so I use XPATH instead…
Getting first sibling of second instance using Xpath
I’m trying to extract information from this page: I’m trying to extract the time (6:30 PM). My strategy is to find the second instance of the date (Mar. 31st, 2022), and then get the first sibling of that. Photo here (I want the part boxed in yellow): Here’s what I’ve tried: However, t…
How do I use a feature on a website using python
I am trying to figure out how to activate/click on a feature using python. Like it goes to a page and click on a certain button. How can I do this? Are there any modules that may help? Answer Try using the selenium package in Python. Once you pip install selenium and download chromedriver, you should be able …
Unable to send WhatsApp message using chrome driver Python Error: NoSuchElementException
This is my first post here! I am using Selenium’s Chrome Driver to send WhatsApp attachment to some people. Here is my code: ERROR: It says it is unable to locate the element but I have bene very careful in inspecting the website and then writing the code. Still I wonder why it does not work. Can anyone…
Select a button with selenium with same XPATH but no tag or id
I would like to select a button with selenium on the net, here’s the HTML code of the button: They are 1 to 5 and have all the same XPATH : //html/body/div[2]/div/section/section/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[1]/div/button[1] How can I select the third or second button with n…
Is there any way to take executable binary (.exe) and somehow “compile” .wasm
I’m working on a 2d game in pygame, and I want it to be available on the web. In my head, a fun way to challenge myself is to use web assembly to make the game available on the web. So I’m wondering if there is any way to take executable binary (.exe) and somehow “compile” .wasm if tha…
Python, Selenium | Can’t Click Test Here
Hello, I am trying to click the button ‘Test Here’ using selenium in Python via chrome. I have no clue what it is not working. My code is shared below… driver.find_element_by_xpath(“//*[contains(text(), ‘Test Here’)]”).click() Answer Click the button and not the span.…
Finding the ‘Sign in’ button on a webpage using Selenium
I’m new to Selenium and I’m trying to automate a login task on this webpage using Chrome. I’ve been successful in finding and sending keys to the email and password fields. However I’m unable to click the ‘Sign in’ button. The inspect element yields the following, I’v…
I have a program that opens websites, and I set my default browser to google chrome, but it still uses Internet Explorer
This is what I have so far. Do I need to change anything to make webbrowser package use Google Chrome? Answer Usually, this is just an issue with your default browser. If you navigate to your Windows settings page, you can change the default browser to another installed web browser, in your case, Google Chrom…