Selenium Web driver ( driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '')) IS NOT WORKING Python-CodePudding

https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/aamer-jamal-793441 This is the URL and here i am trying to access Full Name "Aamer Jamal". with the help of selenium web driver. But I dont know why it gives

NoSuchElementException

`the code is written below:

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
from selenium_firefox import Firefox
import time
import pandas as pd

driver = webdriver.Firefox()

#Reach to the Landing page
driver.get('https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/aamer-jamal-793441')
driver.maximize_window()

time.sleep(25)
not_now = driver.find_element(By.ID, 'wzrk-cancel')
not_now.click()

fullname = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '/html/body/div[1]/section/section/div[4]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/span/h5')
print(fullname.text)`

Error :

NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: /html/body/div[1]/section/section/div[4]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div[1]/span

CodePudding user response：

You have to use WebDriverWait expected_conditions explicit waits, not a long hardcoded pauses. You also have to learn how to create correct locators. Long absolute XPaths and CSS Selectors are extremely breakable. The following code works:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

options = Options()
options.add_argument("start-maximized")

webdriver_service = Service('C:\webdrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, service=webdriver_service)
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 60)
actions = ActionChains(driver)

url = "https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/aamer-jamal-793441"

driver.get(url)

wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, 'wzrk-cancel')))
fullname = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CLASS_NAME, 'ds-text-title-l'))).text
print(fullname)

The output is:

Aamer Jamal