Clicking a link using selenium using python

Question

Here is the link I'm trying to click:

<a href="#" onclick="OpenAddKeywords();return false;" id="btnAddKeywords">Add Keywords</a>

I tried a few options(listed below) but they didn't work; any ideas?

self.br.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='btnAddKeywords']").click()
self.br.execute_script("OpenAddKeywords();return false;")

This is the error I've got for execute_script:

Message: u'Error Message => \'Can\'t find variable: OpenAddKeywords\'\n caused by Request =>

And this is the one that I've got for xpath:

Message: u'Error Message => \'Unable to find element with xpath \'//*[@id=\'btnAddKeywords\']\'\'\n caused by Request =>

Did you try self.br.find_element_by_id('btnAddKeywords').click()? If that's not working, it's that you may not be on the page you think you are. — n1r3
– n1r3, Commented Jul 6, 2013 at 17:09
I have the same problem, you can also track my thread to find a solution. — Zeinab Abbasimazar
– Zeinab Abbasimazar, Commented Nov 5, 2013 at 7:19

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:16:22Z

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As I mentioned in my own question here, the problem would be solved by means of ActionChains class; a brief code is here:

el = driver.find_element_by_id("someid")
webdriver.ActionChains(driver).move_to_element(el).click(el).perform()

The main problem is that in some cases, specially when you have a some javascript codes in your page, the DOM would change and the element you've found before will be staled. 'ActionChains' would keep it alive to perform actions on.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:16

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answered Dec 8, 2013 at 14:15

Zeinab Abbasimazar

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C R Over a year ago

@Mark My problem was very similar to yours and Zeinab's solution worked for me

Kv.senthilkumar · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-15 06:18:03Z

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You can try to use xpath like below. It is working for me because i have used last project.

driver.find_element_by_xpath("xpath").click()

Please try it...

answered Jul 15, 2013 at 6:18

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Zeinab Abbasimazar Over a year ago

Actually @Mark tried this and mentioned the result in the question; please read the question carefully and then answer. :)

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