How to find_element_by_link_text while having: NoSuchElement Exception?

Question

This question has been asked over and over again - and in-spite of trying all the hacks I still can\'t seem to figure out what\'s wrong.

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Answer 1

It happened to me before that the find_element_by_link_text method sometimes works and sometimes doesn't work; even in a single case. I think it's not a reliable way to access elements; the best way is to use find_element_by_id.

But in your case, as I visit the page, there is no id to help you. Still you can try find_elements_by_xpath in 3 ways:

1- Accessing title: find_element_by_xpath["//a[contains(@title = 'T430')]"]

2- Accessing text: find_element_by_xpath["//a[contains(text(), 'T430')]"]

3- Accessing href: find_element_by_xpath["//a[contains(@href = 'http://www.thedostore.com/laptops/thinkpad-laptops/thinkpad-t430-u-black-627326q.html')]"].

Hope it helps.