selecting element in python selenium

Question

I\'m trying to log onto a webpage with python selenium. I\'ve found an element and it is enabled, but when I try to send_keys() to it I get an error. The main thing (I think)

Answer 1

I know that this problem is solved , I got stuck in similar problem and same error
I have fixed it by just make my script sleep for 2 seconds then resume it was just Connection speed problem

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time.sleep(2)
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don't forget to import time module

import time

wish that help anyone in future :D

Answer 2

You can use explicit waits:

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

element = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
    EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CLASSNAME, "inputUsername"))
)

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Answer 3

To make the username field to be visible, you need to move cursor to the login link:

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driver.get('http://www.etoro.com/au')
action = webdriver.ActionChains(driver)
action.move_to_element(driver.find_element_by_xpath(
    './/a[@class="top-link"]/span[text()="Login"]'
))
action.perform()
# TODO Need to wait until the `inputUsername` field is visible
elem = driver.find_element_by_class_name('inputUsername')
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Answer 4

I had similar issue, selenium was not able to focus and open the login modal. Instead it was focusing on the next element. This was the locator I was using:

elem = browser.find_element_by_xpath("//nav[2]/ul/li[3]/a").click()

I just changed [3] with [2] and it was able to locate the element and open the modal:

elem = browser.find_element_by_xpath("//nav[2]/ul/li[2]/a").click()