NameError: name 'wait' is not defined using Selenium Python-CodePudding

I'm trying to execute selenium script. I have defined the wait variable, but still code is returning the error.

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This is my wait variable,

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 100)

error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "main.py", line 160, in <module>
  tenant = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.NAME, "tenantsearch")))
NameError: name 'wait' is not defined

CodePudding user response：

Yes, you defined it, but did you import it first?

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

Also, did you import it / define it in the file where you are calling it from?

CodePudding user response：

This error message...

NameError: name 'wait' is not defined

...implies that the variable you are trying to use i.e. wait is yet to be defined.

Solution

Presumably the wait variable seems to be a type of WebDriverWait. So you have to define it first as:

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 20)

Then you can use the following line of code:

tenant = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.NAME, "tenantsearch")))

Note : You have to add the following imports :

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

Note: As you are using WebDriverWait remember to remove all the instances of implicitly_wait() as mixing implicit and explicit waits can cause unpredictable wait times. For example setting an implicit wait of 10 seconds and an explicit wait of 15 seconds, could cause a timeout to occur after 20 seconds.