Executing a script in selenium python

Question

I am trying to execute this script in selenium.

<div class="vbseo_liked"> <a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8355" rel="nofollow">Nyaralego</a> , <a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8870" rel="nofollow">Sikonge</a> , <a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8979" rel="nofollow">Ab-Titchaz</a> and <a onclick="return vbseoui.others_click(this)" href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/225589-kenyan-and-tanzanian-surburbs.html#">11 others</a> like this. </div> 

This is my code to execute it.

browser.execute_script("document.getElement(By.xpath(\"//div[@class='vbseo_liked']/a[contains(@onclick, 'return vbseoui.others_click(this)')]\").click()") 

It didn't work. What am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

Find the element with selenium and pass it to execute_script() to click:

link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="vbseo_liked"]/a[contains(@onclick, "return vbseoui.others_click(this)")]') browser.execute_script('arguments[0].click();', link) 

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Since I know the context of the problem, here is the set of things for you to do to solve it:

• click on the "11 others" link via javascript relying on the solution provided here: How to simulate a click with JavaScript?

• make a custom expected condition to wait for the element text not to ends with "11 others like this." text (this is a solution to the problem you had at Expected conditions with selenium):

  class wait_for_text_not_to_end_with(object): def __init__(self, locator, text): self.locator = locator self.text = text def __call__(self, driver): try : element_text = EC._find_element(driver, self.locator).text.strip() return not element_text.endswith(self.text) except StaleElementReferenceException: return False 

Implementation:

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.common.exceptions import StaleElementReferenceException from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC class wait_for_text_not_to_end_with(object): def __init__(self, locator, text): self.locator = locator self.text = text def __call__(self, driver): try : element_text = EC._find_element(driver, self.locator).text.strip() return not element_text.endswith(self.text) except StaleElementReferenceException: return False browser = webdriver.PhantomJS() browser.maximize_window() browser.get("http://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/225589-kenyan-and-tanzanian-surburbs.html") username = browser.find_element_by_id("navbar_username") password = browser.find_element_by_name("vb_login_password_hint") username.send_keys("MarioP") password.send_keys("codeswitching") browser.find_element_by_class_name("loginbutton").click() wait = WebDriverWait(browser, 30) wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//h2[contains(., "Redirecting")]'))) wait.until(EC.title_contains('Kenyan & Tanzanian')) wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID, 'postlist'))) # click "11 others" link link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="vbseo_liked"]/a[contains(@onclick, "return vbseoui.others_click(this)")]') link.click() browser.execute_script(""" function eventFire(el, etype){ if (el.fireEvent) { el.fireEvent('on' + etype); } else { var evObj = document.createEvent('Events'); evObj.initEvent(etype, true, false); el.dispatchEvent(evObj); } } eventFire(arguments[0], "click"); """, link) # wait for the "div" not to end with "11 others link this." wait.until(wait_for_text_not_to_end_with((By.CLASS_NAME, 'vbseo_liked'), "11 others like this.")) print 'success!!' browser.close()