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Can't make this search on a webpage with python using selenium


I'm running the following script to make a search for books on this webpage:

from selenium import web-driver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time

PATH = "C:\Program Files (x86)\chromedriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)

#going to a website
driver.get("https://pacobello.com.br/")

#print the page title
print(driver.title)

search = driver.find_element_by_name("s")
search.send_keys("Saramago")
search.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)

time.sleep(5)

#quit a tab
#driver.close()

#quit the browser
driver.quit()

And I'm getting the following error:

raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)

ElementNotInteractableException: element not interactable
  (Session info: chrome=84.0.4147.125)

Does anyone have an idea about this?


Solution

  • Use XPATH instead:

    search = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@type='text']")
    

    Therefore the complete code will be:

    from selenium import webdriver
    from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
    import time
    
    
    PATH = "C:\Program Files (x86)\chromedriver.exe"
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)
    
    #going to a website
    driver.get("https://pacobello.com.br/")
    
    #print the page title
    print(driver.title)
    
    search = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@type='text']")
    search.send_keys("Saramago")
    search.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
    
    time.sleep(5)
    
    #quit a tab
    #driver.close()
    
    #quit the browser
    driver.quit()