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Unable to click on an element using CssSelector and Selenium Python

I open this site in python https://zeitung.faz.net/ when open a message in popup this site

driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#notice > div.message-component.message-row.sticky-element > div.message-component.message-row.row-no-margin-phone.cta-yep > div").click()

but not work

Solution

  • The element ZUSTIMMEN 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://zeitung.faz.net/')
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe[title='SP Consent Message']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button[title='ZUSTIMMEN']"))).click()

      • Using XPATH:

        driver.get('https://zeitung.faz.net/')
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@title='SP Consent Message']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[@title='ZUSTIMMEN']"))).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

    Reference

    You can find a couple of relevant discussions in: