Selenium: Doesn't work to close window alerts

Question

When I open the page a window alert occurs and I want to dismiss it but I tried every suggested solution and nothing has worked. I tried the following commands right after self.get(url)

driver.execute_script("window.alert = function() { return true; }")

driver.switch_to.alert().dismiss()

            try:
                WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.alert_is_present(),
                                                 'Timed out')

                alert = driver.switch_to.alert
                alert.dismiss()
            except TimeoutException:
                print("There is no alert window.")

I'm using the chrome driver. My chrome is up to date and the I have the latest version of selenium

What's the output? Selenium's alerts functions are only related to browers embbeded alerts, not popups (https://www.guru99.com/alert-popup-handling-selenium.html) — Nivardo Albuquerque, Apr 02 '20 at 18:52
provide the console output, and i do not think this line is necessary driver.execute_script("window.alert = function() { return true; }") — Adrian Jimenez, Apr 02 '20 at 21:52

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '20 at 22:39

It seems that you are trying to close this alert in zoom's website. I found out that this specific kind of alert is managed by the OS (Selenium C# How to handle Alert "Open Pick an app"?).

Fortunately, there is a workaround. You can simply simulate a ENTER with another lib. i tried that here and it worked.

from pynput.keyboard import Key, Controller

try:
    driver.get("https://zoom.us/j/7927928053?_x_zm_rtaid=dn4yDpeITbyXA8CmfOtPbA.1585865584355.d6bc70631d24610d94512df4caf63e47&_x_zm_rhtaid=65")
    try:
        sleep(4)
        keyboard.press(Key.enter)
        keyboard.release(Key.enter)
        sleep(4)
    except Exception:
        traceback.print_exc()
        print("There is no alert window.")
except Exception:
    pass

I Had to remove your waits, sorry about that :)

Hope it helps!

Selenium: Doesn't work to close window alerts

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