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Message: no such element: Unable to locate element Selenium Python

I am trying to click on a button but getting this error message: The element I am trying to click does exist on the page but I am not sure why it's saying that the element does not exist:

Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//button[@class="vote_button mfp-voteText"]"}

Below is my code:

driver.get('https://trupanion.com/canada/members/contest?pixlee_album_photo_id=427049511')

time.sleep(10)

try:
    vote = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//button[@class="vote_button mfp-voteText"]')
    vote.click()
except Exception as e:
    print(e)

Below is the XPath in chrome dev tool which shows it's correct:

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Solution

  • The desired element is within an <iframe> so you have to:

    • Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.

    • Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

    • You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

    • Using CSS_SELECTOR:

      driver.get('https://trupanion.com/members/contest?pixlee_album_photo_id=427049511')
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe#pixlee_lightbox_iframe")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button.vote_button.mfp-voteText"))).send_keys("test")

    • Using XPATH:

      driver.get("https://trupanion.com/members/contest?pixlee_album_photo_id=427049511")
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@id='pixlee_lightbox_iframe']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[@class='vote_button mfp-voteText']"))).click()

    • 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

    • Browser Snapshot:

    VOTED

    Reference

    You can find a couple of relevant discussions in: