selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: arguments[0].click is not a function using execute_script() in Selenium Python

Question

I've check the docs and other forums I haven't found a concrete answer. please find below the code snippet.

def click_hamburger_menu(self):
    _hamburger_menu_ = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 15).until(
                                EC.visibility_of_element_located((
                                By.XPATH, "//*[name()='svg' and @class='site-header__nav-trigger']")))
    self.driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click()", _hamburger_menu_)

Error message:

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: arguments[0].click is not a function

The `execute_script` function is apparently looking for a function as its first parameter. What you're passing in is not a function. What exactly are you expecting that call to do? — mypetlion, Feb 27 '19 at 22:41
Are you sure you ran the code you posted? The code you posted looks fine. My guess is that you ran `arguments[0].click` (without the `()`s). — JeffC, Feb 28 '19 at 16:30
Ironically it ran well when I removed the () , still questioning why — Zilden, Feb 28 '19 at 16:42

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '19 at 11:55

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Seems you were pretty close. You need to add a ; after the click() method.

So effectively the line of code:

self.driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click()", _hamburger_menu_)

will be:

self.driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", _hamburger_menu_)

answered Feb 28 '19 at 11:55

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`;` isn't required. I just ran it with and without and both worked. – JeffC Feb 28 '19 at 16:30

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: arguments[0].click is not a function using execute_script() in Selenium Python

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