Clicking the hidden input Selenium in Python
1
I am trying to automate the login procedure with Selenium in Firefox with Python.
That's how a login button looks like in HTML:
<td>
<input name="cmd" value="lg" type="hidden">
<input src="ok.png" style="border-style: none;" type="image">
</td>
I have tried a following method:
loginButton = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']")[0]
loginButton.click()
It returns the following exception with an empty message.
"selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: "
This method returns
"Message: Element is not visible"
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_name("cmd")
loginButton.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
Could you please explain what I am missing?
python selenium firefox
edited Nov 20 at 8:59
Andersson
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asked Nov 20 at 8:21
Andrey Mazur
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1
I am trying to automate the login procedure with Selenium in Firefox with Python.
That's how a login button looks like in HTML:
<td>
<input name="cmd" value="lg" type="hidden">
<input src="ok.png" style="border-style: none;" type="image">
</td>
I have tried a following method:
loginButton = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']")[0]
loginButton.click()
It returns the following exception with an empty message.
"selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: "
This method returns
"Message: Element is not visible"
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_name("cmd")
loginButton.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
Could you please explain what I am missing?
python selenium firefox
edited Nov 20 at 8:59
Andersson
37.2k103266
asked Nov 20 at 8:21
Andrey Mazur
949
The input is hidden, how is selenium then supposed to click it? Selenium emulates a user who would not be able to click it either
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:23
There is another input which is not hidden, but without the name and value, and it lays exactly on the hidden input. Sorry that I haven't mentioned it.
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:26
Then you should try clicking that one instead of the hidden one. Selenium will fail if it tries to click an element and something else is in the way
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:28
That's my problem, I cannot find the way how to get the access to an "input" which has only source, style and type. Webdriver has not function "driver.find_element_by_type("input")"
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:31
1
Why not just use a regular css selector? I use CSS-selectors for everything as I think the code becomes more uniform. You could also use the xpath-selector you wrote up there if you just remove the name and value stuff. I am not that good with xpath-selectors, but I assume it will select the first input on the page, just as a css-selector would
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:34
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I am trying to automate the login procedure with Selenium in Firefox with Python.
That's how a login button looks like in HTML:
<td>
<input name="cmd" value="lg" type="hidden">
<input src="ok.png" style="border-style: none;" type="image">
</td>
I have tried a following method:
loginButton = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']")[0]
loginButton.click()
It returns the following exception with an empty message.
"selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: "
This method returns
"Message: Element is not visible"
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_name("cmd")
loginButton.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
Could you please explain what I am missing?
python selenium firefox
edited Nov 20 at 8:59
Andersson
37.2k103266
asked Nov 20 at 8:21
Andrey Mazur
949
I am trying to automate the login procedure with Selenium in Firefox with Python.
That's how a login button looks like in HTML:
<td>
<input name="cmd" value="lg" type="hidden">
<input src="ok.png" style="border-style: none;" type="image">
</td>
I have tried a following method:
loginButton = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']")[0]
loginButton.click()
It returns the following exception with an empty message.
"selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: "
This method returns
"Message: Element is not visible"
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_name("cmd")
loginButton.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
Could you please explain what I am missing?
python selenium firefox
python selenium firefox
edited Nov 20 at 8:59
Andersson
37.2k103266
asked Nov 20 at 8:21
Andrey Mazur
949
edited Nov 20 at 8:59
Andersson
37.2k103266
asked Nov 20 at 8:21
Andrey Mazur
949
edited Nov 20 at 8:59
Andersson
37.2k103266
edited Nov 20 at 8:59
Andersson
37.2k103266
edited Nov 20 at 8:59
Andersson
37.2k103266
37.2k103266
asked Nov 20 at 8:21
Andrey Mazur
949
asked Nov 20 at 8:21
Andrey Mazur
949
asked Nov 20 at 8:21
Andrey Mazur
949
949
The input is hidden, how is selenium then supposed to click it? Selenium emulates a user who would not be able to click it either
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:23
There is another input which is not hidden, but without the name and value, and it lays exactly on the hidden input. Sorry that I haven't mentioned it.
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:26
Then you should try clicking that one instead of the hidden one. Selenium will fail if it tries to click an element and something else is in the way
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:28
That's my problem, I cannot find the way how to get the access to an "input" which has only source, style and type. Webdriver has not function "driver.find_element_by_type("input")"
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:31
1
Why not just use a regular css selector? I use CSS-selectors for everything as I think the code becomes more uniform. You could also use the xpath-selector you wrote up there if you just remove the name and value stuff. I am not that good with xpath-selectors, but I assume it will select the first input on the page, just as a css-selector would
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:34
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The input is hidden, how is selenium then supposed to click it? Selenium emulates a user who would not be able to click it either
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:23
There is another input which is not hidden, but without the name and value, and it lays exactly on the hidden input. Sorry that I haven't mentioned it.
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:26
Then you should try clicking that one instead of the hidden one. Selenium will fail if it tries to click an element and something else is in the way
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:28
That's my problem, I cannot find the way how to get the access to an "input" which has only source, style and type. Webdriver has not function "driver.find_element_by_type("input")"
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:31
1
Why not just use a regular css selector? I use CSS-selectors for everything as I think the code becomes more uniform. You could also use the xpath-selector you wrote up there if you just remove the name and value stuff. I am not that good with xpath-selectors, but I assume it will select the first input on the page, just as a css-selector would
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:34
The input is hidden, how is selenium then supposed to click it? Selenium emulates a user who would not be able to click it either
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:23
The input is hidden, how is selenium then supposed to click it? Selenium emulates a user who would not be able to click it either
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:23
There is another input which is not hidden, but without the name and value, and it lays exactly on the hidden input. Sorry that I haven't mentioned it.
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:26
There is another input which is not hidden, but without the name and value, and it lays exactly on the hidden input. Sorry that I haven't mentioned it.
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:26
Then you should try clicking that one instead of the hidden one. Selenium will fail if it tries to click an element and something else is in the way
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:28
Then you should try clicking that one instead of the hidden one. Selenium will fail if it tries to click an element and something else is in the way
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:28
That's my problem, I cannot find the way how to get the access to an "input" which has only source, style and type. Webdriver has not function "driver.find_element_by_type("input")"
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:31
That's my problem, I cannot find the way how to get the access to an "input" which has only source, style and type. Webdriver has not function "driver.find_element_by_type("input")"
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:31
1
1
Why not just use a regular css selector? I use CSS-selectors for everything as I think the code becomes more uniform. You could also use the xpath-selector you wrote up there if you just remove the name and value stuff. I am not that good with xpath-selectors, but I assume it will select the first input on the page, just as a css-selector would
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:34
Why not just use a regular css selector? I use CSS-selectors for everything as I think the code becomes more uniform. You could also use the xpath-selector you wrote up there if you just remove the name and value stuff. I am not that good with xpath-selectors, but I assume it will select the first input on the page, just as a css-selector would
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:34
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If you want to click on input next to hidden, try
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@src='ok.png']")
# loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']/following-sibling::input")
loginButton.click()
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If you want to click on input next to hidden, try
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@src='ok.png']")
# loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']/following-sibling::input")
loginButton.click()
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If you want to click on input next to hidden, try
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@src='ok.png']")
# loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']/following-sibling::input")
loginButton.click()
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If you want to click on input next to hidden, try
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@src='ok.png']")
# loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']/following-sibling::input")
loginButton.click()
answered Nov 20 at 8:35
Andersson
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If you want to click on input next to hidden, try
loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@src='ok.png']")
# loginButton = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='cmd' and @value='lg']/following-sibling::input")
loginButton.click()
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The input is hidden, how is selenium then supposed to click it? Selenium emulates a user who would not be able to click it either
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:23
There is another input which is not hidden, but without the name and value, and it lays exactly on the hidden input. Sorry that I haven't mentioned it.
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:26
Then you should try clicking that one instead of the hidden one. Selenium will fail if it tries to click an element and something else is in the way
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:28
That's my problem, I cannot find the way how to get the access to an "input" which has only source, style and type. Webdriver has not function "driver.find_element_by_type("input")"
– Andrey Mazur
Nov 20 at 8:31
1
Why not just use a regular css selector? I use CSS-selectors for everything as I think the code becomes more uniform. You could also use the xpath-selector you wrote up there if you just remove the name and value stuff. I am not that good with xpath-selectors, but I assume it will select the first input on the page, just as a css-selector would
– Metareven
Nov 20 at 8:34