Iterate through multiple class using find_element_by_class_name in Selenium

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I am using Selenium webdriver in Python for a web-scraping project.

The webpage, I am working on has a number of Table entries with the same class name.

<table class="table1 text print">

I am using find_element_by_class_name. However I am getting a error :

*Compound class names not permitted *

Another question:

How to iterate through all the tables having the same css classname ?

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Geo · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-27 12:01:08Z

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You should use find_elements_by_class_name. This will return an iterable object.

answered Nov 27, 2011 at 12:01

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Sam Woods · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-28 23:43:33Z

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The error you describe happens when you provide multiple class names rather than a single one. An easy way around this is to get the elements using CSSSelector or XPath. Alternatively, you could use find_elements_by_class_name and provide one class name, then iterate through that list to find the elements that match the additional class names you want to match on as well.

answered Nov 28, 2011 at 23:43

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