In selenium how to pause a YouTube video embedded inside i frame?-CodePudding

I am trying to play a video & then pause it , the element is located inside a iframe I am able to play the video how can I pause the same , I am using button action to play but this is not available once video is playing

driver.get('https://demo.guru99.com/test/guru99home/')
frame1 = driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"//iframe[@src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/RbSlW8jZFe8']")
driver.switch_to.frame(frame1)

sleep(2)
Ytbutton = driver.find_element(
    By.XPATH, "//button[@class='ytp-large-play-button ytp-button ytp-large-play-button-red-bg']")
Ytbutton.click() #play
sleep(2)
# for pause ?

CodePudding user response：

This is because upon pressing the play button, the button will be hidden afterward.

The easiest way without tinkering with hidden element would be simply utilizing ActionChain to invoke a space bar send_keys(' ') or k send_keys('k') command which is shortcut for Youtube player to pause and unpause a video.

Something like following :

from selenium.webdriver import ActionChains

driver.get('https://demo.guru99.com/test/guru99home/')
frame1 = driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"//iframe[@src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/RbSlW8jZFe8']")
driver.switch_to.frame(frame1)

sleep(2)
Ytbutton = driver.find_element(
    By.XPATH, "//button[@class='ytp-large-play-button ytp-button ytp-large-play-button-red-bg']")
Ytbutton.click() #play
sleep(2)
ActionChains(driver).send_keys('k').perform() #pause

CodePudding user response：

If you dig below in the iframe, you can find another changeable button:

pause_button = driver.find_element(
    By.XPATH, "//button[@class='ytp-play-button ytp-button']")
pause_button.click()

It, at the end of the video, turns into a "repeat". It is in the <div > block.