Clicking a bootstrap dropdown item with Selenium in Python

Agusms 0
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I'm trying to select an item from a bootstrap dropdown with selenium. I can click the dropdown itself and get the options shown, but I can't click any option.

I tried different things but I'm getting:

TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

This is the line that I need to fix:

option = driver.find_element(By.XPATH("//li[text()='Element'"))
option.click()

I also tried using this code with the same error:

options = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH("//ul[contains(@class,'a-list')]/a"))
for option in options:
optionText = option.text()
if optionText == ('Element'):
    option.click()
    break

I also tried using these codes with different xpath in case that was the mistake, but keep getting the same error.

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!

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2 Answers

You can open the CSS option on https://www.jquery-az.com/bootstrap4/demo.php?ex=79.0_1 page with simple 2 clicks:

  1. Click the drop down button.
  2. Click the desired option.
    Of cause you need to wait for these elements clickability before performing the clicks, but this can be achieved with WebDriverWait expected conditions.
    The following code works:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC


options = Options()
options.add_argument("start-maximized")


webdriver_service = Service('C:\webdrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=webdriver_service, options=options)
url = "https://www.jquery-az.com/bootstrap4/demo.php?ex=79.0_1"
driver.get(url)
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 20)

wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button"))).click()
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a[href*='css']"))).click()
Prophet0

You have a few different typos with your code:

  • find_element() should take two arguments (not one), the first is the selector type such as By.XPATH, which translates to "xpath". The second argument should be a selector of that type.
  • By.XPATH is a string, not a method (you used it like a mathod).
  • Your first selector was missing a closing bracket, ].

Try this, which fixes your issues:

option = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//li[text()='Element']")
option.click()
Michael Mintz0
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