Selenium: NoSuchElementException

Question

I'm trying to scrape this page: http://www.ebay.com/itm/311419628966 using the following XPath:

• .//*[@id='ds_div']
• .//*[@id='pdets']
• .//*[@id='centercolumn']/

But they all throw NoSuchElementException.

This is odd because when I inspect the page with Firebug I'm able to locate the element easily.

It might be possible that those elements take bit long time to load , can you please put wait command before element find? and then check. — Helping Hands, Sep 01 '15 at 03:27
Thanks. But I'm already using an implicit wait of 7 seconds. — Jim Kim, Sep 01 '15 at 03:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 01 '15 at 03:57

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The elements with those id values are inside a frame. You need to switch into its context:

driver.switchTo().frame("desc_ifr");

edited Sep 01 '15 at 03:57

sideshowbarker

answered Sep 01 '15 at 03:30

alecxe

Thanks. Your a genius! May I ask where in the HTML code did you find its an iframe? I suspected it may be an iFrame but did not find the term iFrame anywhere let alone the term "desc_ifr". Where did you find it? – Jim Kim Sep 01 '15 at 03:37
@JimKim yeah, there is an `iframe` element with `id="desc_ifr"`. I usually just look up the parents of the desired node and, once I see an `iframe` or `frame` there, I know that I have to change the context of the search and switch to the `iframe`/`frame`. Glad to help and don't forget to accept the answer so we can "resolve" the topic. Thanks! – alecxe Sep 01 '15 at 03:42
Accepted. Thanks for explanation. – Jim Kim Sep 01 '15 at 03:46

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