From the webpage:
I'm trying to select different years from the drop-down-menu:
<select name="ctl00$contentPlaceHolderConteudo$cmbAnos" onchange="javascript:setTimeout('AjaxNS.AR(\'ctl00$contentPlaceHolderConteudo$cmbAnos\',\'\', \'ctl00_contentPlaceHolderConteudo_AjaxPanel1\', event)', 0)" id="ctl00_contentPlaceHolderConteudo_cmbAnos"> <option selected="selected" value="2018">2018</option> <option value="2017">2017</option> <option value="2016">2016</option> <option value="2015">2015</option> <option value="2014">2014</option> <option value="2013">2013</option> <option value="2012">2012</option> <option value="2011">2011</option> <option value="2010">2010</option> <option value="2009">2009</option> <option value="2008">2008</option> <option value="2007">2007</option> <option value="2006">2006</option> <option value="2005">2005</option> <option value="2004">2004</option> <option value="2003">2003</option> <option value="2002">2002</option> <option value="2001">2001</option> <option value="2000">2000</option> <option value="1999">1999</option> <option value="1998">1998</option> I have done some research on the the internet, and it seems that Select is the standard approach.
The code below is the one I use; it displays the webpage for the (default) year 2018, but it doesn't change the year when I call Select.
from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select driver = webdriver.Chrome() url = 'http://www.bmfbovespa.com.br/pt_br/produtos/indices/indices-amplos/indice-ibovespa-ibovespa-estatisticas-historicas.htm' driver.get(url) select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id('ctl00$contentPlaceHolderConteudo$cmbAnos")) The last line produces this error:
NoSuchElementException: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"id","selector":"ctl00$contentPlaceHolderConteudo$cmbAnos"} (Session info: chrome=68.0.3440.106) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.38 (0),platform=Linux 4.17.19-200.fc28.x86_64 x86_64) which seems to be associated with the name of the drop-box-menu.
EDIT 1
I have modified the code following your advice. If I use the line:
select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id("ctl00_contentPlaceHolderConteudo_cmbAnos")) I get the error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder_kernels/customize/spydercustomize.py", line 668, in runfile execfile(filename, namespace) File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder_kernels/customize/spydercustomize.py", line 108, in execfile exec(compile(f.read(), filename, 'exec'), namespace) File "/home/ravas/pCloudDrive/exchange/python/fetch/untitled0.py", line 47, in <module> select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id("ctl00_contentPlaceHolderConteudo_cmbAnos")) File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 359, in find_element_by_id return self.find_element(by=By.ID, value=id_) File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 966, in find_element 'value': value})['value'] File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 320, in execute self.error_handler.check_response(response) File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) NoSuchElementException: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"id","selector":"ctl00_contentPlaceHolderConteudo_cmbAnos"} (Session info: chrome=68.0.3440.106) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.38 (0),platform=Linux 4.17.19-200.fc28.x86_64 x86_64) If I use the line:
select = Select(driver.find_element_by_name("ctl00$contentPlaceHolderConteudo$cmbAnos") I get the error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<ipython-input-1-35a2090c7564>", line 1, in <module> runfile('/home/ravas/pCloudDrive/exchange/python/fetch/untitled0.py', wdir='/home/ravas/pCloudDrive/exchange/python/fetch') File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder_kernels/customize/spydercustomize.py", line 668, in runfile execfile(filename, namespace) File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spyder_kernels/customize/spydercustomize.py", line 108, in execfile exec(compile(f.read(), filename, 'exec'), namespace) File "/home/ravas/pCloudDrive/exchange/python/fetch/untitled0.py", line 47, in <module> select = Select(driver.find_element_by_name("ctl00$contentPlaceHolderConteudo$cmbAnos")) File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 495, in find_element_by_name return self.find_element(by=By.NAME, value=name) File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 966, in find_element 'value': value})['value'] File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 320, in execute self.error_handler.check_response(response) File "/home/ravas/miniconda3/envs/p36/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) NoSuchElementException: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"name","selector":"ctl00$contentPlaceHolderConteudo$cmbAnos"} (Session info: chrome=68.0.3440.106) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.38 (0),platform=Linux 4.17.19-200.fc28.x86_64 x86_64) 
