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How to click on the first matching element having a specific background-url using Selenium Python

HTML:
<div class="__section-image" style="background-image: url("/img/all/05_element/continentImg/1.png");"></div>
The website have a lot of this html. I want to click the first of them.

To click on the first matching element you can use either of the following locator strategies:
Using css_selector:
driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div[class='__section-image']")[0].click()
Using xpath:
driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//div[#class='__section-image']")[0].click()
Ideally to click on the first matching element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_all_elements_located() and you can use either of the following locator strategies:
Using CSS_SELECTOR:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div[class='__section-image']")))[0].click()
Using XPATH:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.XPATH, "//div[#class='__section-image']")))[0].click()
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

How to click on an element by title with Selenium Python

I'm trying to check a checkbox with selenium and the only available info is the title.
Is a dynamic element, so I need to select by the title.
I tried all the methods without success (contains #title, etc).
Can someone please help? I'm beginning to code.
The xpath is:
/html/body/div[7]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[1]/form/div/span[1]/input
The CSS Selector is:
#selectCommon > span:nth-child(1) > input:nth-child(1)
The HTML looks like:
<input type="checkbox" title="AM - AMERICAS">

To click() on the element with title as AM - AMERICAS you can use either of the following locator strategies:
Using css_selector:
driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[title^='AM'][title$='AMERICAS']").click()
Using xpath:
driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[starts-with(#title, 'AM') and contains(#title, 'AMERICAS')]").click()
Ideally to click() on the clickable element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following locator strategies:
Using CSS_SELECTOR:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[title^='AM'][title$='AMERICAS']"))).click()
Using XPATH:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[starts-with(#title, 'AM') and contains(#title, 'AMERICAS')]"))).click()
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

How to click an element using Selenium Python

So I have this element in HTML...
<span style="font-size:11pt">Security</span>
... and I want to click it using Selenium in python. How can I do it? (Maybe I can identify it using onclick, but how?)
Also, here is what I've tried:
security = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[#onclick=\"on_catolog(2);\"]")
security.click()

You used wrong tag name in your XPath "//button[#onclick=\"on_catolog(2);\"]". It's not a button, but anchor tag. Try
"//a[#onclick='on_catolog(2);']"
Or click by link text:
security = driver.find_element_by_link_text("Security")
security.click()

To click on the element with text as Security you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using css_selector:
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("a[onclick^='on_catolog'] > span[style='font-size:11pt']").click()
Using xpath:
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[starts-with(#onclick, 'on_catolog')]/span[text()='Security']").click()
Ideally, to click on the 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, "a[onclick^='on_catolog'] > span[style='font-size:11pt']"))).click()
Using XPATH:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[starts-with(#onclick, 'on_catolog')]/span[text()='Security']"))).click()
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

How to handle click on “Download key” button in selenium web driver in python?

I am not sure what find_element_by_* I should use with respect to below "inspect element" to click on the download button. I am new to selenium still dealing with basics.
Download Key File

You can use the below.
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[.='Download Key File']").click()

To click() on the element with text as Download Key File as it is an <a> node you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using LINK_TEXT:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.LINK_TEXT, "Download Key File"))).click()
Using PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "Download Key File"))).click()
Using CSS_SELECTOR:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a[onclick*='activationpage3']"))).click()
Using XPATH:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[contains(#onclick,'activationpage3') and contains(., 'Download Key File')]"))).click()
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

Python selenium click a button without id

i have this code
Vote
what could i do? there are other buttons on the page with the same class etc, the only variables are
"Answer1","Answer2"

To click on the link with text as Vote you can use either of the following solutions:
css_selector:
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("a.button.expanded.vote[onclick*='Answer1'][onclick*='Answer2']").click()
xpath:
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[#class='button expanded vote' and contains(.,'Vote')][contains(#onclick,'Answer1') and contains(#onclick,'Answer2')]").click()
Update
Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable as follows:
css_selector:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a.button.expanded.vote[onclick*='Answer1'][onclick*='Answer2']"))).click()
xpath:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[#class='button expanded vote' and contains(.,'Vote')][contains(#onclick,'Answer1') and contains(#onclick,'Answer2')]"))).click()
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