Selenium on find_element-CodePudding

I tried with find_element_by() and I noticed that 3.5 Selenium version changed to find_element syntax but there are two ways: find_element(By.ID, "id-name") and find_element("id", "id-name") which one is the correct way? It worked the 2nd way but first one didn't. What do I have to consider to use one?

CodePudding user response：

Both are correct

By.ID is literally an attribute with a string value of 'id'

BY.ID is better to use just in case they change this in the future, so you do not have to update your code.

CodePudding user response：

If you want to use the first option (at least that's what I understand from your question) you need to import By:

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

And then you can locate elements like:

element = browser.find_element(By.ID, "id-name")

It is however advisable to always wait for elements to load, so you may also want to import:

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

And too try and locate elements like so:

element = WebDriverWait(browser, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "onetrust-accept-btn-handler")))

Selenium documentation can be found here: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/