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Selenium Python - "No such element: Unable to locate element" locating an input element within an iframe with headless chrome

Hi I've been stuck for awhile on automating login for apple appstore as I am trying to make it headless without seeing the browser on execution.The problem is on execution with headless option and other options overall it doesn't find the field for appleid saying:

 selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":"[id="account_name_text_field"]"}

This is the code I tried so far:

options = selenium_chrome()
options.add_argument("--enable-javascript")
options.add_argument('headless')
options.add_argument('--window-size=1920x1080')
options.add_argument('--start-maximized')
options.add_argument("--disable-notifications")
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--verbose')
options.add_experimental_option("prefs", {
        "download.default_directory": DOWNLOAD_DIR,
        "download.prompt_for_download": False,
        "download.directory_upgrade": True,
        "safebrowsing_for_trusted_sources_enabled": False,
        "safebrowsing.enabled": False
})
options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
options.add_argument('--disable-software-rasterizer')


driver = webdriver.Chrome('/path/to/chromedriver', chrome_options=options)

driver.get('https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/login')
cookies = pickle.load(open("cookies.pkl", "rb"))
for cookie in cookies:
    driver.add_cookie(cookie)
time.sleep(10)
   
f = driver.find_element_by_id("aid-auth-widget-iFrame")
driver.switch_to.frame(f)
# driver.implicitly_wait(15)
time.sleep(20)
driver.find_element_by_id('account_name_text_field').send_keys('appleid')
driver.find_element_by_id("sign-in").click()
time.sleep(5)

driver.find_element_by_id('remember-me').click()
time.sleep(3)
driver.find_element_by_id('password_text_field').send_keys('password')
driver.find_element_by_id("sign-in").click()

Notes:

  1. I have tried getting the XPATH and CSS selectors instead of the ID and the result was the same.

  2. Instead of time.sleep() I tried:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@id='account_name_text_field']"))).send_keys('appleid')

and the result was TimeoutException

  1. Did a retry function,whenever the field is not found to keep trying until it is found, but that was kind of a bad approach and it didn't worked.

So I am out of ideas what causes this behavior,the field is being found without the options for selenium and it logins fine visually, but whenever options are being added it doesn't find the input text field for appleid anymore... Might be an Apple thing that I don't know.

Solution

  • The <input> element with the placeholder as Apple ID 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://appstoreconnect.apple.com/login")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe#aid-auth-widget-iFrame")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input#account_name_text_field"))).send_keys("mastaofthepasta")

      • Using XPATH:

        driver.get("https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/login")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@id='aid-auth-widget-iFrame']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@id='account_name_text_field']"))).send_keys("mastaofthepasta")

    • 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:

    appleStoreConnect

    Reference

    You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

    Update

    When you use and print the page_source the output on the console is:

    <html><head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>403 Forbidden</h1></center>
<hr><center>Apple</center>


<!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page -->
<!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page -->
<!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page -->
<!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page -->
<!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page -->
<!-- a padding to disable MSIE and Chrome friendly error page -->
</body></html>

    403 Forbidden

    The HTTP 403 Forbidden response status code indicates that the server understands the request but refuses to authorize it.

    This status is similar to 401, but for the 403 Forbidden status code re-authenticating makes no difference. The access is permanently forbidden and tied to the application logic, such as insufficient rights to a resource.

    Conclusion

    ChromeDriver initiated Chrome Browser gets detected as a and further navigation is blocked.

    References

    You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussions in: