How do I click on this item using Selenium?

Question

Im trying to automate the download of report using selenium. To get to the page where the report is I have to click on an image with this code

I tried with

wtg = driver.find_elements_by_class_name(
    "leaflet-marker-icon single-icon-container running hover asset leaflet-zoom-hide leaflet-clickable")
wtg.click()

but nothing happens. There are 7 elements with the same class, and a unique "id " tha looks like lid="219058" but I dont know how to select that.

user_3485434 · Answer

leaflet-marker-icon single-icon-container running hover asset leaflet-zoom-hide leaflet-clickable contains multiple class names while driver.find_element_by_class_name method intends to get a single class name.
I can't give you a correct locator for this element since you didn't share the page link, however if you wish to locate that element based on these class names combination you can use CSS Selector or XPath as following:

wtg = driver.find_element_by_css_selector(".leaflet-marker-icon.single-icon-container.running.hover.asset.leaflet-zoom-hide.leaflet-clickable")
wtg.click()

Or

wtg = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@class='leaflet-marker-icon single-icon-container running hover asset leaflet-zoom-hide leaflet-clickable']")
wtg.click()

Also you should use driver.find_element_by_class_name, not driver.find_elements_by_class_name since driver.find_elements_by_class_name will give you a list of web elements, not a single web element that can be clicked directly.
Alternatively you can use the first index inside the list of received web elements as described by FLAK-ZOSO

user_15888601 · Answer

Remember that driver.find_elements_by_class_name() returns a list.

You have to do something like this when using this get/find method:

driver.find_elements_by_class_name('class')[0] #If you want the first of the page

In your case you need to use the css_selector because you have multiple classes, like suggested by @Prophet. You can also use only one of the classes and simply use the class_name selector.

In your case, if you need the first element of the page with that class, you have to add [0].

user_11584839 · Answer

Generally speaking, the best practice when building web scrapers is to always use xpath, since xpath can apply all the filters (id, class, etc) in a more flexible way (in some cases though, performance in selenium might be decreased).

I recommend you check this article on how to write xpaths for various needs: https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/xpath-writing-cheat-sheet-tutorial-examples/

For your particular use case, I would use:

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@lid="219058"]')

This will actually click on the inner div (notice how the lid is actually inside the nested div). If you wish to click on the outer div you can use:

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@lid="219058"]/parent::div')

I again recommend you to learn Xpath syntax and always use it, it is way easier to manipulate than the other selenium selectors and is also faster in case you ever choose to implement a C compiled html parser such as lxml to parse the elements.

How do I click on this item using Selenium?

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