Select checkbox using selenium in python

Question

I want to select a checkbox using selenium in python. Following is the HTML of the checkbox. The span element is getting highlighted when hovering the mouse over checkbox

HTML

<div id="rc-anchor-container" class="rc-anchor rc-anchor-normal rc-anchor-light"> <div id="recaptcha-accessible-status" class="rc-anchor-aria-status" aria-hidden="true">Recaptcha requires verification. </div> <div class="rc-anchor-error-msg-container" style="display:none"><span class="rc-anchor-error-msg" aria-hidden="true"></span></div> <div class="rc-anchor-content"> <div class="rc-inline-block"> <div class="rc-anchor-center-container"> <div class="rc-anchor-center-item rc-anchor-checkbox-holder"><span class="recaptcha-checkbox goog-inline-block recaptcha-checkbox-unchecked rc-anchor-checkbox" role="checkbox" aria-checked="false" id="recaptcha-anchor" tabindex="0" dir="ltr" aria-labelledby="recaptcha-anchor-label"><div class="recaptcha-checkbox-border" role="presentation"></div><div class="recaptcha-checkbox-borderAnimation" role="presentation"></div><div class="recaptcha-checkbox-spinner" role="presentation"></div><div class="recaptcha-checkbox-spinnerAnimation" role="presentation"></div><div class="recaptcha-checkbox-checkmark" role="presentation"></div></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="rc-inline-block"> <div class="rc-anchor-center-container"> <label class="rc-anchor-center-item rc-anchor-checkbox-label" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" id="recaptcha-anchor-label"><span aria-live="polite" aria-labelledby="recaptcha-accessible-status"></span>I'm not a robot</label> </div> </div> </div> <div class="rc-anchor-normal-footer"> <div class="rc-anchor-logo-portrait" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"> <div class="rc-anchor-logo-img rc-anchor-logo-img-portrait"></div> <div class="rc-anchor-logo-text">reCAPTCHA</div> </div> <div class="rc-anchor-pt"><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/" target="_blank">Privacy</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"> - </span><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/" target="_blank">Terms</a></div> </div> </div> 

I am trying the following code but it is giving following exception selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException

My Code

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys chromedriver = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\chromedriver' browser = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriver) browser.get(url) checkBox = browser.find_element_by_id("recaptcha-anchor") checkBox.click() 

Answer 1

This is a recaptha stuff .. it's not like normal elements in the page

you have to navigate with selenium to the captcha frame .. then you can deal with the checkbox element..

to do that you need first to save the main window handle to be get back to it when you're done with the recaptcha

# save the main window handle mainwindow = browser.current_window_handle # get the recapthca iframe then navigate to it frame = browser.find_element_by_tag_name("iframe") browser.switch_to.frame(frame) # now you can access the checkbox element browser.find_element_by_id("recaptcha-anchor").click() # navigate back to main window browser.switch_to.window(mainwindow) 

for further info about how to deal with the recaptcha challenge check this link