Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"/html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/a[1]"}

Question

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
import time

print('\n')
print("PROGRAM STARTING")
print('~~~~~~')
print('\n')
# initiate driver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('http://arcselfservice.sbcounty.gov/web/user/disclaimer')

#begin
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="submitDisclaimerAccept"]').click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/a[1]').click()

I have been stuck on this error for a long time, for some reason it can't find the element even though I am specifying the xpath. There doesn't seem to be any iframes, and implicit or explicit wait doesn't work either. Please help.

Doesn't look like the correct xpath. What element did you want to click on. — Arundeep Chohan, Oct 03 '20 at 00:55

Arundeep Chohan · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-03T01:41:03.590

1

So the issue was waiting for the element to come up and then clicking it.

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "/html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/a[1]"))).click()

Another way if you want to change to the other tags later.

path = "//a/div/h1[text()='{}']/../..".format("Fictitious Business Names Application")
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH ,path))).click()

Import

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait 
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

edited Oct 03 '20 at 01:41

answered Oct 03 '20 at 01:04

Arundeep Chohan

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@Anthony Victor Mota – Arundeep Chohan Oct 03 '20 at 01:18
i upvoted but since i do not have 15 rep it is not publicly displayed. – Anthony Victor Mota Oct 03 '20 at 01:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '20 at 12:51

The error is coming because the element is taking time to be available for use. Kindly use the explicit wait for the element extraction.

A small snippet can be:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH ,'/html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/a[1]'))).click()

Just dont forget to import

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait 
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"/html/body/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/a[1]"}

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