Unable to locate element in selenium Python in the iframe

Question

Below is my HTML code. I have tried by using xpath and still getting an exception of unable to locate element on a create account form.

You need to switch to the iframe first, then interact with the element. Please also post what have you tried, not only a picture. — lauda, Mar 02 '20 at 12:54

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '20 at 20:49

As the the desired element is within an <iframe> so to invoke click() on the element you have to:

Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it().
Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element_to_be_clickable().

You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe#accountFrame[src='/account/frame/login/create']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[placeholder='Email'][data-test='create-account-email']"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@id='accountFrame' and @src='/account/frame/login/create']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@placeholder='Email' and @data-test='create-account-email']"))).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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thanks for the solution. It got fixed by switching the frames. — Maham, Mar 05 '20 at 07:11
I cant see any tick mark in your comment therefore I have marked it as a useful comment. — Maham, Mar 05 '20 at 07:31

Unable to locate element in selenium Python in the iframe

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