selenium FindAnElement (snippet)

Python web automation, selenium example 'FindAnElement'

Modules used in program:

• import unittest

FindAnElement

Python selenium example: FindAnElement

from selenium import webdriver

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

from selenium.webdriver.common.by  import By

import unittest


class FindAnElement(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        global driver
        driver = webdriver.Firefox()
        driver.get("http://travelingtony.weebly.com")
        #driver.implicitly_wait(15)


    def test_FindAnElement(self):
        #Use with implicit waits
        #webElement = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='q']")
        #webElement = driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input[name=q]")
        #webElement = driver.find_element_by_name("q")
        #webElement = driver.find_element_by_class_name("wsite-search-input")

        #Find using explicit waits
        webElement = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(lambda driver: driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='q']"))
        #webElement = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(lambda driver: driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input[name=q]"))
        #webElement = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(lambda driver: driver.find_element_by_name("q"))
        #webElement = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(lambda driver: driver.find_element_by_class_name("wsite-search-input"))
        print(webElement)

    def tearDown(self):
        driver.quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()

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