Selenium Finding elements by class name in python

Question

How can I filter elements which having a same class?

 
  
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Answer 1

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elements are having the same class content.

So to filter the elements having the same class i.e. content and create a list you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using class_name:

  elements = driver.find_elements_by_class_name("content")
  

• Using css_selector:

   elements = driver.find_elements_by_css_selector(".content")
  

• Using xpath:

  elements = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[@class='content']")
  

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Ideally, to click on the element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_all_elements_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using CLASS_NAME:

  elements = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.CLASS_NAME, "content")))
  

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

  elements = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".content")))
  

• Using XPATH:

  elements = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.XPATH, "//*[@class='content']")))
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  

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References

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

• How to identify an element through classname even though there are multiple elements with the same classnames using Selenium and Python
• Unable to locate element using className in Selenium and Java
• What are properties of find_element_by_class_name in selenium python?
• How to locate the last web element using classname attribute through Selenium and Python