Can I somehow select a specific element from dropdown list on the page via splinter module in Python

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Can I somehow select a specific element from dropdown list on the page via splinter module in Python?

I have the following HTML code:

<select id="xyz">
   <optgroup label="Group1">
      <option value="1">pick1</option>
      <option value="2">pick2</option>
   </optgroup>
   <optgroup label="Group2">
       <option value="3">pick3</option>
       <option value="4">pick4</option>
   </optgroup>
</select>

Suppose that I need to select "pick3" option. How can I do it?

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-23T22:25:11.600

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First find the select element using find_by_id() and use select() method to select an option:

element = browser.find_by_id('xyz').first
element.select('3')

Alternative solution would be to use find_by_xpath() and click():

element = browser.find_by_xpath('//select[@id="xyz"]//option[@value="3"]').first
element.click()

edited May 23 '14 at 22:25

answered May 23 '14 at 22:16

alecxe

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It gives me the following error: "AttributeError: 'ElementList' object has no attribute '_element'" – FrozenHeart May 23 '14 at 22:19
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@FrozenHeart oops, edited the answer (`find_by_id()` returns a list, need to get the first item from it). – alecxe May 23 '14 at 22:20
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@FrozenHeart ok, please check the `UPD` section. – alecxe May 23 '14 at 22:25
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@FrozenHeart I suspect this is because the `select` doesn't have a `name`. – alecxe May 23 '14 at 22:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 20 '16 at 06:51

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try

browser.find_option_by_text('pick3').first.click()

edited May 20 '16 at 06:51

Vinoth Krishnan

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answered May 20 '16 at 06:34

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 26 '17 at 04:43

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You can also try the following using select_by_text() method-

browser.find_by_id('xyz').select_by_text("pick3")

answered Sep 26 '17 at 04:43

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 18 '16 at 20:26

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Since i'm bumping up against this right now I thought i'd chime in on this. Finding the select element and doing 'select(option_value)' does this xpath: '//select[@name="%s"]/option[@value="%s"]' to find the option. This xpath fails if you're using optgroups like in your example.

element = browser.find_by_xpath('//select[@id="xyz"]//option[@value="3"]').first element.click() as alecxe suggests should do the trick.

answered Feb 18 '16 at 20:26

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This answer seems to be an acknowledgement that another answer worked. We're glad that it did -- But instead of a new post or a comment, an upvote would be most appropriate. – Litty Feb 18 '16 at 20:54

Can I somehow select a specific element from dropdown list on the page via splinter module in Python

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