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Selenium Testing unable to target element

I am running some testing on our website using selenium.
At the login page I would like to target the login button and click it.
the source code of the page looks like this:
I am trying to target the second button that has the class=OTSigninButton by using its xpath.
so here is the python code.
time.sleep(5)
element = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="root"]/div/div[1]/div/svg[2]/path')
element.click()
but when I run the code I get the following error:
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[#id="root"]/div/div[1]/div/svg[2]/path"}
(Session info: chrome=91.0.4472.106)
Here is the weird part. The login page has 2 buttons, their xpath is similar as its a list.
the first button is:
//*[#id="root"]/div/div[1]/div/svg[1]/path
and the second button(the one I want to target) is
//*[#id="root"]/div/div[1]/div/svg[1]/path
As both of them has the id=root, if I find_element_by_id and target root, I am able to click on the first button.
Here is where I am struggling a lot, how can I use the xpath to target the second button?
thank you so much for your time and help guys.
EDIT: Full error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 17, in <module>
element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[local-name()='svg' and contains(#class, 'OTSigninButton')]/title")
File "/Users/<user>/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 394, in find_element_by_xpath
return self.find_element(by=By.XPATH, value=xpath)
File "/Users/<user>/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 976, in find_element
return self.execute(Command.FIND_ELEMENT, {
File "/Users/<user>/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/Users/<user>/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[local-name()='svg' and contains(#class, 'OTSigninButton')]/title"}
(Session info: chrome=91.0.4472.106)

class=OTSigninButton
is a attribute of SVG. These are special tags, you can not just write their tag name in console and locate them.
try this instead :
//*[local-name()='svg' and contains(#class, 'OTSigninButton')]

Element Not Interactable

Edit:
I solved it by doing a find_elements_by_xpath and then using a try, catch for all elements till no error and break.
To anyone reading this question. I tried every solution here and it didn't work. The solutions were correct, the error or problem was there were multiple elements with the same xpath.
By selecting the the first element I was selecting something which was not interactable.
Getting an error when trying to click or send_keys to an input element.
st = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//input[contains(#id, "st")]')
# Element found
st.send_keys(str(amt))
# Error element not interactable
st.click()
# error element not interactable
The element:
<input id="st" type="text" value="" maxlength="7" tabindex="0">
I am able to interact and send keys to another element in the same row as this on the webpage.
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
File "/Volumes/coding/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 80, in click
self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
File "/Volumes/coding/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 633, in _execute
return self._parent.execute(command, params)
File "/Volumes/coding/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/Volumes/coding/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: element not interactable
(Session info: chrome=90.0.4430.72)
Any idea on how to solve or why I am running into this error?

Don't know the exact reason why the element is not interacting but you can add text to input box using JavaScript. There is a class in Selenium which allows to execute JavaScript code in browser. Do somethin like this:
script = "arguments[0].value="+str(amt)
driver.execute_script(script,st)
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click()",st)
This will set the value of input box to the given string.
In C#:
IJavaScriptExecutor js = (IJavaScriptExecutor)driver;
string script = "arguments[0].value="+amt.toString();
js.executeScript(script,st)
//to click
js.executScript("arguments[0].click()",st)
Hope it will work.

Error when scrolling in selenium with python

I am trying to scroll to the bottom of the page, as I usually do. But on this website it seems not to work. It's one of those where you need to scroll to the bottom in order to load new links.
This is the command I am using:
browser.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);")
The error I am getting is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/somePathTo/someProgram.py", line 12, in <module>
browser.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0,document.body.scrollHeight);")
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 636, in execute_script
'args': converted_args})['value']
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Cannot read property 'offsetTop' of null
(Session info: chrome=73.0.3683.86)
(Driver info: chromedriver=72.0.3626.69 (3c16f8a135abc0d4da2dff33804db79b849a7c38),platform=Mac OS X 10.14.3 x86_64)
Any other scroll does not work as well, something is wrong with the JS script...
I don't know what element is null and therefore can't have the 'offsetTop' property... maybe I should identify some element that can have that property, but I don't know much more about JS than this script
EDIT:
I did solve my specific problem with this code
browser.execute_script('arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);', target)
where target is an element to the bottom. However, I would like to know what the issue is with the JS code.

Python Selenium cannot find an element on a page by xpath

I am using python and selenium to test some things with fantasy football. Here is my code so far (I just started).
import time
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome('C:\\Users\\202300Fontenot\\Desktop\\3\\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get('http://games.espn.com/ffl/signin?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.espn.com%2Fffl%2Fclubhouse%3FseasonId%3D2018%26leagueId%3D49607%26teamId%3D4');
driver.implicitly_wait(10)
time.sleep(10)
search_box = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="did-ui-view"]/div/section/section/form/section/div[1]/div/label/span[2]/input')
search_box.send_keys('email#icloud.com')
search_box.submit()
time.sleep(5)
driver.quit()
This just tries to enter an email address into the box. I am getting this error every time:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\202300Fontenot\Desktop\3\ESPN.py", line 8, in <module>
search_box = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="did-ui-view"]/div/section/section/form/section/div[1]/div/label/span[2]/input')
File "C:\Users\202300Fontenot\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 393, in find_element_by_xpath
return self.find_element(by=By.XPATH, value=xpath)
File "C:\Users\202300Fontenot\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 966, in find_element
'value': value})['value']
File "C:\Users\202300Fontenot\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 320, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Users\202300Fontenot\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[#id="did-ui-view"]/div/section/section/form/section/div[1]/div/label/span[2]/input"}
(Session info: chrome=69.0.3497.92)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.42.591088 (7b2b2dca23cca0862f674758c9a3933e685c27d5),platform=Windows NT 10.0.16299 x86_64)
Thanks for your help.

Your problem is that the input you are trying to select exists inside of an iframe. You must first tell the driver to switch to the iframe and then execute the xpath selection.
driver.switch_to.frame("disneyid-iframe")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[#type='email']").send_keys('email#icloud.com')

First of all you need to switch to your iframe using its name:
disneyid-iframe
Also if XPATH is not the only choice, you may use the CSS Selector:
div.field-username-email input[type='email']
This will get the driver to find & fill your field.

Using XPath in python You need to provide the string for
driver.find_element_by_xpath
Example Code below
("//*[#id=\"did-ui-view\"]/div/section/section/form/section/div[1]/div/label/span[2]/input")
Please refer below document regarding String
String Gude first Para

Copy text from a table cell (td) with Selenium/Python

Hi I'm very new to Selenium and would really appreciate help.
I need to learn how to copy text, particularly from a table from a specific website: https://aca.tampagov.net/citizenaccess/Default.aspx#
(Go to url --> Search --> Building Permits --> click search button).
You can finds a table at the bottom of the page.
The first row in column "Record Type" has text "Commercial Utility Application". If I want to copy the text what I thought I should do is get the xpath which is
//*[#id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_dgvPermitList_gdvPermitList_ctl02_lblType"]
So I would have something like
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_dgvPermitList_gdvPermitList"]/tbody/tr[3]/td[4]').text()
But this gives me and error. What am I doing wrong here? And how would I be able to copy texts from such tables?
EDIT
So here's what I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-81-4e51d9229198>", line 1, in <module>
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//* [#id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_dgvPermitList_gdvPermitList"]/tbody/tr[3]/td[4]').text()
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 387, in find_element_by_xpath
return self.find_element(by=By.XPATH, value=xpath)
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 957, in find_element
'value': value})['value']
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 314, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
NoSuchElementException: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[#id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_dgvPermitList_gdvPermitList"]/tbody/tr[3]/td[4]"}
(Session info: chrome=67.0.3396.99) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.38.552522 (437e6fbedfa8762dec75e2c5b3ddb86763dc9dcb),platform=Windows NT 10.0.17134 x86_64)

Your table is in iframe, so you have to switch to it before you can interact with this table. This code snippet will help you to do it:
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//*[#id='ACAFrame']")))
# do your stuff
text = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_dgvPermitList_gdvPermitList"]/tbody/tr[3]/td[4]').text()
print(text)
driver.switch_to.default_content() # switch back to default content
PS: since in the page there is only one table, you can simplify your xPath from:
//*[#id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_dgvPermitList_gdvPermitList"]/tbody/tr[3]/td[4]
to:
//tbody/tr[3]/td[4]

To retrieve text Commercial Utility Application, you should try -
driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_dgvPermitList_gdvPermitList_ctl02_lblType")).getText();