selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: Error trying to print out titles of shows

Question

I got the error you can see above while running this short script:

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

url ='https://animelon.com/'

PATH = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\chromedriver.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
driver.get(url)

try:
    section = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
        EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CLASS_NAME, 'row ng-show-toggle-slidedown series-content-container'))
    )

    anime = section.find_elements_by_class_name('col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 mini-previews ng-scope')

    for show in anime:
        header = show.find_element_by_class_name('anime-name ng-binding')
        print(header.text)

finally:
    driver.quit()

I've seen different answers to this error but they are all too case-specific so I decided to make my own post. Please let me know if you have any way to fix this error. Thanks in advance!

Edit: I've tried to simply increase the timeout from 10 to 30 and so on. But the same error appears

Prophet · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-12T15:29:56.980

You are using wrong locator.
Since you locating the element by multiple class names you should use CSS_SELECTOR, not By.CLASS_NAME
Also, you should wait for elements visibility, not just presence.
Also, to search for elements inside element it's recommended to use XPath starting with dot . as I used here.
See if this will work for you:

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

url ='https://animelon.com/'

PATH = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\chromedriver.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
driver.get(url)

try:
    section = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
        EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, '.row.ng-show-toggle-slidedown.series-content-container'))
    )

    anime = section.find_elements_by_xpath('.//*[@class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 mini-previews ng-scope"]')

    for show in anime:
        header = show.find_element_by_xpath('.//*[@class="anime-name ng-binding"]')
        print(header.text)

finally:
    driver.quit()

You are a true legend! thank you, it worked! Could you explain, why you used xpath instead of class_name? — DevJannes, Aug 12 '21 at 15:28
In case of multiple class names you can use XPath or CSS Selector, as I mentioned in the answer. Also, in order to search inside element you should use XPath as i described. — Prophet, Aug 12 '21 at 15:31

selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: Error trying to print out titles of shows

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