find and click element which has a changing CSS selector (python)

Question

I am writing a script which needs to click on an element of a page, however, the CSS selector changes everyday as the element changes it\'s location.

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Answer 1

To find and click on the element as the element is a dynamic element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#PPTAmFCTable>tbody a[href^='/FC1/ItemList'][href$='TRANSSHIPMENTS']"))).click()
  

• Using XPATH:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='PPTAmFCTable' and starts-with(@href,'/FC1/ItemList')][contains(@href, 'TRANSSHIPMENTS')]")))
  

• 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