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Locating a website element using selenium webdriver for automation task

I am working on a project using selenium webdriver which requires me to locate an element and click on it. The program starts by entering a website , clicking the searchbar , typing in a preentered string and clicking enter , up to this point everything is successful. The next thing I want it to do is find the first result of the search and click on it. This part I am having trouble with. I have successfully located all elements up to this point but i cant locate this one as an error pops up. Here is my code:
from selenium import webdriver
import time
trackname = input("Track Name: ")
driver = webdriver.Chrome('D:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get('https://music.apple.com/us/artist/search/166949667')
time.sleep(2)
searchbox = driver.find_element_by_tag_name('input')
searchbox.send_keys(trackname)
from keyboard import press
press('enter')
time.sleep(2)
result = driver.find_element_by_id('search-list-lockup__description')
result.click()
I have tried locating the element other ways but it wont work , I am guessing that the issue is that after searching I have to tell it to search on that page but I am not sure. Here is the error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Python Projekti\iTunesDataFiller\iTunesDataFiller.py", line 18, in <module>
result = driver.find_element_by_id('search-list-lockup__description')
File "D:\Python App\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 360, in find_element_by_id
return self.find_element(by=By.ID, value=id_)
File "D:\Python App\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 976, in find_element
return self.execute(Command.FIND_ELEMENT, {
File "D:\Python App\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "D:\Python App\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":"css selector","selector":"[id="search-list-lockup__description"]"}
(Session info: chrome=89.0.4389.114)
Process finished with exit code 1
What do I do?

This could be due to the element you want to access not being available.
For example say you load the page, the element could not be visible to selenium. So basically you're trying to click on an invisible element.
I suggest using this template to make sure elements are loaded before accessing them.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
waitshort = WebDriverWait(driver,.5)
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 20)
waitLonger = WebDriverWait(driver, 100)
visible = EC.visibility_of_element_located
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='path')
driver.get('link')
element_you_want_to_access = wait.until(visible((By.XPATH,'xpath')))

Automate login with selenium and python, how to correctly extract element for user and password

I am trying to automate the login of a bunch of users to the fitbit site to download their data using the python's module selenium. Unfortunately I do not fully understand by looking at the source html code of the page, how to select the right elements.
My code looking something like this:
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("https://accounts.fitbit.com/login")
driver.find_element_by_id("email").send_keys('name.surname#gmail.com')
driver.find_element_by_id("pass").send_keys("myfakepass")
driver.find_element_by_id("loginbutton").click()
But I do not know how to extract the element since driver.find_element_by_id("email") returns the error:
>>> driver.find_element_by_id("email")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 360, in find_element_by_id
return self.find_element(by=By.ID, value=id_)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 976, in find_element
return self.execute(Command.FIND_ELEMENT, {
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/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: Unable to locate element: [id="email"]
This makes totally sense to me since if I check the source page of https://accounts.fitbit.com/login I cannot detect any field called "email". But, probably due to my lack of experience, I cannot detect in the html source any of the elements that I need for the login.
Anyone could help me?
Thanks

Your locator seems wrong. Try with below xpath.
Induce WebDriverWait() and wait for element_to_be_clickable()
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[#type='email']"))).send_keys('name.surname#gmail.com')
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[#type='password']"))).send_keys("myfakepass")
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[text()='Login']"))).click()
You need to import below libraries.
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

There is a code that works.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time
driver = webdriver.Chrome('your path')
url = "https://accounts.fitbit.com/login"
driver.get(url)
time.sleep(2)
email = driver.find_element_by_id("ember660")
email.send_keys("Edward#elric.com")
password = driver.find_element_by_id("ember661")
password.send_keys("Password")
login_button = driver.find_element_by_id("ember701").click()
Your program didn't work because of the id which are wrong

I came up with a simple code that works.
It has been very useful to use the "Inspect" command integrated in chrome for finding the id or the xpath relative to each field. Also the package time was needed to avoid errors.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import time
driver = webdriver.Chrome('path to chromedriver')
url = "https://accounts.fitbit.com/login"
driver.get(url)
time.sleep(2)
email = driver.find_element_by_id("ember659")
email.send_keys("mail#gmail.com")
password = driver.find_element_by_id("ember660")
password.send_keys('actualpassword')
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[#id="loginForm"]/div[4]/div').click()

For loop Selenium - Incomplete Task

I am performing an automation bot, capable of sharing post. However, when it comes to performing the task more than 3 times, I get an error and program stops working. I am not sure why my code is able to perform the task 3 times and then stops.
Here is my code:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as ECDS
import time
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.poshmark.com") #Open webpage
Log_Field=(By.XPATH, "//a[contains(text(),'Log in')]")
Email= (By.XPATH, "//input[#placeholder='Username or Email']")
Pass= (By.XPATH, "//input[#placeholder='Password']")
Second_Log= (By.XPATH, "//button[#class='btn btn--primary']")
SF = (By.XPATH, "//img[#class='user-image user-image--s']")
MyCloset = (By.XPATH, "//a[contains(text(),'My Closet')]")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable(Log_Field)).click()
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable(Email)).send_keys("xx#xx.com")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[#placeholder='Password']").send_keys("xxx")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[#class='btn blue btn-primary']").click()
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable(SF)).click()
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable(MyCloset)).click()
for i in range(100):
driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.END)#Use send_keys(Keys.HOME)
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[6]//div[1]//div[2]//div[3]//i[1]").click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[#class='share-wrapper-container']").click()
driver.refresh()
time.sleep(20)
The error that I am getting is the following:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/Documents/Bot_Poshmark.py", line 27, in <module>
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[6]//div[1]//div[2]//div[3]//i[1]").click()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 80, in click
self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 633, in _execute
return self._parent.execute(command, params)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementClickInterceptedException: Message: element click intercepted: Element <i class="icon share-gray-large"></i> is not clickable at point (870, 163). Other element would receive the click: <div class="tile col-x12 col-l6 col-s8 p--2">...</div>
(Session info: chrome=78.0.3904.108)
Any ideas why my code is only working not more than 3 times?
Thank you

I had the same problem several times while testing my selenium web automation. As the exception tells, this object is not clickable. That means you have to dive deeper into the HTML tree to find an element that is always clickable. If you hover over the HTML-lines Chrome shows you the according piece of website.
However, if this is not possible, try to let your code sleep() for a bit :-)
You could do that for a certain amount of time
Or you use WebDriverWait() as in the comments described:
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "your XPATH"))).click()
(You missed one (), this should remove your error: Without: Argument 1 = self [Keep that in mind with Python!!], Argument 2 = By.XPATH and 3 = "the xpath". With the (), Argument 2 and 3 are together)
WebDriverWait() requires a timeout parameter because selenium does not know whether the element exists or not. But you could easily create your own waiting-method. Pay attention: you have to know that the element exists or you will end up with an infinite loop.
Here's the code:
from time import sleep
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
def wait_for(driver, method):
"""Calls the method provided with the driver"""
while True:
try:
element = method(driver)
if element:
return element
except:
pass
sleep(0.5)
It tries to find the element and when it's found, it returns it.
You can use it like so:
el = wait_for(driver, EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[#class='13e44'")))
el.click()
Disclaimer: This code is not fully my creation. I adapted the selenium source-code so it fits our needs :)

Python Selenium - 'Unable to locate element' after made visible

I need your help. I'm trying to scrape some data from tripadvisor using Selenium in Python 2.7. However, I'm getting stuck at one point.
After browsing to the correct page, I'm trying to filter the hotels on certain prices. To do this, you do a mouse over or click on 'price' and then select the appropiate value like (€3 - € 13).
After clicking on price and then the value. I'm getting the error that the element is not visible or unable to locate, while it is clearly visible.
code
from urllib import urlopen
import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
city = 'nha thrang'
url = 'http://www.tripadvisor.nl/Hotels'
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
# open browser
driver.get(url)
time.sleep(5)
# insert city & dates
driver.find_element_by_id('searchbox').send_keys(city)
driver.find_element_by_id('date_picker_in_188616').click()
driver.find_elements_by_class_name('day')[15].click()
driver.find_element_by_id('date_picker_out_188616').click()
driver.find_elements_by_class_name('day')[16].click()
time.sleep(5)
# click search
driver.find_element_by_id('SUBMIT_HOTELS').click()
# close popup
time.sleep(5)
try:
driver.switch_to.window(driver.window_handles[1])
driver.close()
driver.switch_to.window(driver.window_handles[0])
except:
''
# click on 'price'. Works!
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[starts-with(#class, "JFY_hotel_filter_icon enabled price sprite-price")]').click()
# click on particular price. doesn't work.
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[starts-with(#class, "jfy_tag_style jfy_filter_p_4 jfy_cloud")]').click()
Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#30>", line 1, in <module>
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[starts-with(#class, "jfy_tag_style jfy_filter_p_4 jfy_cloud")]').click()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 230, in find_element_by_xpath
return self.find_element(by=By.XPATH, value=xpath)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 662, in find_element
{'using': by, 'value': value})['value']
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 173, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 166, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//div[starts-with(#class, \"jfy_tag_style jfy_filter_p_4 jfy_cloud\")]"}
Stacktrace:
at FirefoxDriver.prototype.findElementInternal_ (file:///c:/users/j6057~1.kro/appdata/local/temp/tmpdgovsc/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/driver-component.js:9641:26)
at FirefoxDriver.prototype.findElement (file:///c:/users/j6057~1.kro/appdata/local/temp/tmpdgovsc/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/driver-component.js:9650:3)
at DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_/h (file:///c:/users/j6057~1.kro/appdata/local/temp/tmpdgovsc/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:11635:16)
at DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_ (file:///c:/users/j6057~1.kro/appdata/local/temp/tmpdgovsc/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:11640:7)
at DelayedCommand.prototype.execute/< (file:///c:/users/j6057~1.kro/appdata/local/temp/tmpdgovsc/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:11582:5)

You need to apply multiple changes to make it work:
use Chrome() driver to avoid opening multiple windows after clicking "Search"
don't use hardcoded time.sleep() intervals - use "Explicit Waits"
date picker element ids are changing, you need to use starts-with() to find them
use ActionChains() to hover the price element and wait for range to become visible
Working code (selecting "USD 25 - 50" range):
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
city = 'nha thrang'
url = 'http://www.tripadvisor.nl/Hotels'
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(url)
# insert city & dates
searchbox = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, 'searchbox')))
searchbox.send_keys(city)
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[starts-with(#id, "date_picker_in_")]').click()
driver.find_elements_by_class_name('day')[15].click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[starts-with(#id, "date_picker_out_")]').click()
driver.find_elements_by_class_name('day')[16].click()
# click search
driver.find_element_by_id('SUBMIT_HOTELS').click()
# select price range
price = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//div[starts-with(#class, "JFY_hotel_filter_icon enabled price sprite-price")]')))
ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(price).perform()
price_range = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '(//div[contains(#class, "jfy_filter_bar_price")]//div[#value="p 8"])[last()]')))
price_range.click()
Results into:

i got the same Traceback , try add this before find your elements:
driver.switch_to_window(driver.window_handles[1])#locate the first new page (handles)
anyway it works for me

selecting element in python selenium

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) in the error output is
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotVisibleException: Message: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with
My code is
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
import contextlib
with contextlib.closing(webdriver.Firefox()) as driver:
driver.get('http://www.etoro.com/au')
elem = driver.find_element_by_class_name('inputUsername')
print 'enabled:', elem.is_enabled()
print 'selected:', elem.is_selected()
elem.send_keys('myusername')
And the output is
enabled: True
selected: False
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "3_trying_again.py", line 10, in <module>
elem.send_keys('ianafterglow')
File "/Users/ian/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 303, in send_keys
self._execute(Command.SEND_KEYS_TO_ELEMENT, {'value': typing})
File "/Users/ian/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 385, in _execute
return self._parent.execute(command, params)
File "/Users/ian/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 173, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/Users/ian/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 166, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotVisibleException: Message: Element is not currently visible and so may not be interacted with
Stacktrace:
at fxdriver.preconditions.visible (file:///var/folders/5b/ym07nh6d74gcn_773ynwqkth0000gn/T/tmpN1MV8l/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:8959:12)
at DelayedCommand.prototype.checkPreconditions_ (file:///var/folders/5b/ym07nh6d74gcn_773ynwqkth0000gn/T/tmpN1MV8l/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:11618:15)
at DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_/h (file:///var/folders/5b/ym07nh6d74gcn_773ynwqkth0000gn/T/tmpN1MV8l/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:11635:11)
at DelayedCommand.prototype.executeInternal_ (file:///var/folders/5b/ym07nh6d74gcn_773ynwqkth0000gn/T/tmpN1MV8l/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:11640:7)
at DelayedCommand.prototype.execute/< (file:///var/folders/5b/ym07nh6d74gcn_773ynwqkth0000gn/T/tmpN1MV8l/extensions/fxdriver#googlecode.com/components/command-processor.js:11582:5)
So, what do I need to do?

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

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"))
)
...

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
...
time.sleep(2)
...
don't forget to import time module
import time
wish that help anyone in future :D

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()