StaleElementReferenceException on Python Selenium

Question

I am getting the following error while using Selenium in python:

selenium.common.exceptions.StaleElementReferenceException: Message: u\'stale element referen         


        

Answer 1

This is the python solution for this problem:

def clickAndCatchStaleRefException(locator):



    driver = sel2._current_browser()
    result = False
    attempts = 0

    locator = locator[6:]
    # This line is optional because sometimes you pass a xpath from a varibles file
    # that starts with 'xpath='. This should be omitted otherwise the find_element_by_xpath 
    # function will throw an error.
    # But if you pass an xpath directly you don't need this


    while attempts < 2:
        try:
            driver.find_element_by_xpath(locator).click()
            result = True
            break
        except EC as e:
            raise e
        finally:
            attempts += 1
    return result