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Unable to click button AttributeError: 'Chrome' object has no attribute 'find_element_by_xpath'


I want to click a button on a website and im unable to do it with this

driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[5]/button").click()

it gives error: AttributeError: 'Chrome' object has no attribute 'find_element_by_xpath'

it used to work just fine before but now its broken...


Solution

  • Selenium just removed that method in version 4.3.0. See the CHANGES: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/a4995e2c096239b42c373f26498a6c9bb4f2b3e7/py/CHANGES

    Selenium 4.3.0
    * Deprecated find_element_by_* and find_elements_by_* are now removed (#10712)
    * Deprecated Opera support has been removed (#10630)
    * Fully upgraded from python 2x to 3.7 syntax and features (#10647)
    * Added a devtools version fallback mechanism to look for an older version when mismatch occurs (#10749)
    * Better support for co-operative multi inheritance by utilising super() throughout
    * Improved type hints throughout
    

    You now need to use:

    driver.find_element("xpath", "/html/body/div[1]/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[5]/button").click()
    

    For improved reliability, you should consider using WebDriverWait in combination with element_to_be_clickable.