How to locate the button element using Selenium through Python

Question

I\'m trying to find the element and click for the button \"Not Now\". I\'ve tried with with css_selector, xpath, but I\"m unable at all to find the proper way.

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Answer 1

To locate and click() on the element with text as Not Now you can use the following Locator Strategy:

• Using xpath:

  driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[text()='Not Now']").click()
  

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However, the element looks dynamic to me so you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategy:

• Using XPATH:

  WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//div//button[text()='Not Now']"))).click()
  

• 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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Reference

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

• What does contains(., 'some text') refers to within xpath used in Selenium
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• How does dot(.) in xpath to take multiple form in identifying an element and matching a text