Wait for element to be clickable using python and Selenium

Question

There are ways to wait for an object e.g. a button to be clickable in selenium python. I use time.sleep() and/or WebDriverWait...until, it works fine.<

Answer 1

You can do a few things...

1. Define a global default wait time and then use that in each wait you create.

   default_wait_time = 10 # seconds
   ...
   wait = WebDriverWait(driver, default_wait_time)
   

2. Inside of a method where you will use the wait several times, you can instantiate a wait, store it in a variable, and then reuse it.

   def my_method(self):
       wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
       wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID, "username")).send_keys("username")
       wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID, "password")).send_keys("password")
       wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "login")).click()
   

3. Define a default WebDriverWait instance and then just repeatedly use that.

   Note: if you are or will run your script(s) in parallel, you need to be very careful with this approach because an instance of WebDriverWait is tied to a specific driver.

   # some global location
   wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
   ...
   # in your script, page object, helper method, etc.
   wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "login")).click()