How to make selenium wait before getting contents from the actual website which loads after the landing page...
driver = webdriver.Ie("C:\IEDriverServer.exe")
driver.get(testurl)
driver.refresh()
time.sleep(5)
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
So I'm trying to find an element by it's id using Selenium (Python) and Internet Explorer, because I'm limited to Internet Explorer due to company regulations.
My problem is as follows:
on driver.get(testurl), selenium loads the page but IE first starts up with the IEDriver landing page.
Only after that, it loads the requested url.
The problem here is that Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded and therefore ignores the page I want to search on, which gets loaded after that.
Has anyone got an idea on how to work around this?
python selenium internet-explorer webdriverwait selenium-iedriver
edited Nov 23 '18 at 7:09
DebanjanB
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driver = webdriver.Ie("C:\IEDriverServer.exe")
driver.get(testurl)
driver.refresh()
time.sleep(5)
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
So I'm trying to find an element by it's id using Selenium (Python) and Internet Explorer, because I'm limited to Internet Explorer due to company regulations.
My problem is as follows:
on driver.get(testurl), selenium loads the page but IE first starts up with the IEDriver landing page.
Only after that, it loads the requested url.
The problem here is that Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded and therefore ignores the page I want to search on, which gets loaded after that.
Has anyone got an idea on how to work around this?
python selenium internet-explorer webdriverwait selenium-iedriver
edited Nov 23 '18 at 7:09
DebanjanB
41.6k83979
asked Nov 22 '18 at 21:31
the doodthe dood
911210
What exactly do you mean by Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded? Also why do you usedriver.refresh()right afterdriver.get(testurl)?
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:44
In ´data = driver.find_element_by_id....´ , selenium does not find the requested id, because it searches the IE Driver Server landing page for this id. I used ´driver.refresh()´ to try and get selenium to load the page I need instead of the IE Driver Server landing page.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Why do you think so? There are several reasons not to find element on page
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Because it worked on a test machine with the firefox webdriver which means that there is not an issue with the connection or incorrect page loading.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:50
1
Could you use theWebDriverWaitmethod to wait for something on the landing page before you do thedriver.get()?
– John Anderson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:54
|
show 4 more comments
driver = webdriver.Ie("C:\IEDriverServer.exe")
driver.get(testurl)
driver.refresh()
time.sleep(5)
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
So I'm trying to find an element by it's id using Selenium (Python) and Internet Explorer, because I'm limited to Internet Explorer due to company regulations.
My problem is as follows:
on driver.get(testurl), selenium loads the page but IE first starts up with the IEDriver landing page.
Only after that, it loads the requested url.
The problem here is that Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded and therefore ignores the page I want to search on, which gets loaded after that.
Has anyone got an idea on how to work around this?
python selenium internet-explorer webdriverwait selenium-iedriver
edited Nov 23 '18 at 7:09
DebanjanB
41.6k83979
asked Nov 22 '18 at 21:31
the doodthe dood
911210
driver = webdriver.Ie("C:\IEDriverServer.exe")
driver.get(testurl)
driver.refresh()
time.sleep(5)
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
So I'm trying to find an element by it's id using Selenium (Python) and Internet Explorer, because I'm limited to Internet Explorer due to company regulations.
My problem is as follows:
on driver.get(testurl), selenium loads the page but IE first starts up with the IEDriver landing page.
Only after that, it loads the requested url.
The problem here is that Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded and therefore ignores the page I want to search on, which gets loaded after that.
Has anyone got an idea on how to work around this?
python selenium internet-explorer webdriverwait selenium-iedriver
python selenium internet-explorer webdriverwait selenium-iedriver
edited Nov 23 '18 at 7:09
DebanjanB
41.6k83979
asked Nov 22 '18 at 21:31
the doodthe dood
911210
edited Nov 23 '18 at 7:09
DebanjanB
41.6k83979
asked Nov 22 '18 at 21:31
the doodthe dood
911210
edited Nov 23 '18 at 7:09
DebanjanB
41.6k83979
edited Nov 23 '18 at 7:09
DebanjanB
41.6k83979
edited Nov 23 '18 at 7:09
DebanjanB
41.6k83979
41.6k83979
asked Nov 22 '18 at 21:31
the doodthe dood
911210
asked Nov 22 '18 at 21:31
the doodthe dood
911210
asked Nov 22 '18 at 21:31
the doodthe dood
911210
911210
What exactly do you mean by Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded? Also why do you usedriver.refresh()right afterdriver.get(testurl)?
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:44
In ´data = driver.find_element_by_id....´ , selenium does not find the requested id, because it searches the IE Driver Server landing page for this id. I used ´driver.refresh()´ to try and get selenium to load the page I need instead of the IE Driver Server landing page.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Why do you think so? There are several reasons not to find element on page
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Because it worked on a test machine with the firefox webdriver which means that there is not an issue with the connection or incorrect page loading.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:50
1
Could you use theWebDriverWaitmethod to wait for something on the landing page before you do thedriver.get()?
– John Anderson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:54
|
show 4 more comments
What exactly do you mean by Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded? Also why do you usedriver.refresh()right afterdriver.get(testurl)?
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:44
In ´data = driver.find_element_by_id....´ , selenium does not find the requested id, because it searches the IE Driver Server landing page for this id. I used ´driver.refresh()´ to try and get selenium to load the page I need instead of the IE Driver Server landing page.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Why do you think so? There are several reasons not to find element on page
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Because it worked on a test machine with the firefox webdriver which means that there is not an issue with the connection or incorrect page loading.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:50
1
Could you use theWebDriverWaitmethod to wait for something on the landing page before you do thedriver.get()?
– John Anderson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:54
What exactly do you mean by Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded? Also why do you use
driver.refresh() right after driver.get(testurl)?– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:44
What exactly do you mean by Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded? Also why do you use
driver.refresh() right after driver.get(testurl)?– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:44
In ´data = driver.find_element_by_id....´ , selenium does not find the requested id, because it searches the IE Driver Server landing page for this id. I used ´driver.refresh()´ to try and get selenium to load the page I need instead of the IE Driver Server landing page.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
In ´data = driver.find_element_by_id....´ , selenium does not find the requested id, because it searches the IE Driver Server landing page for this id. I used ´driver.refresh()´ to try and get selenium to load the page I need instead of the IE Driver Server landing page.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Why do you think so? There are several reasons not to find element on page
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Why do you think so? There are several reasons not to find element on page
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Because it worked on a test machine with the firefox webdriver which means that there is not an issue with the connection or incorrect page loading.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:50
Because it worked on a test machine with the firefox webdriver which means that there is not an issue with the connection or incorrect page loading.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:50
1
1
Could you use the
WebDriverWait method to wait for something on the landing page before you do the driver.get()?– John Anderson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:54
Could you use the
WebDriverWait method to wait for something on the landing page before you do the driver.get()?– John Anderson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:54
|
show 4 more comments
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When you use Selenium, IEDriverServer and Internet Explorer, while IEDriverServer initiates a new IE Browser session, IE Browser first starts up with the IEDriver landing page and then loads the requested url.
Incase Selenium recognizes the IEDriverServer's landing page as the url to be loaded, in that case the solution would be to induce WebDriverWait for the Page Title to be equivalent to the actual page title of the AUT (Application Under Test).
Code Block:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
testurl = "https://www.facebook.com/" # replace with the url of the AUT
driver = webdriver.Ie(executable_path=r'C:pathtoIEDriverServer.exe')
driver.get(testurl)
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.title_contains("Facebook")) # # replace with the title of the AUT
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
answered Nov 23 '18 at 7:11
DebanjanBDebanjanB
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This works for me, thank you very much!
– the dood
Nov 26 '18 at 10:42
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When you use Selenium, IEDriverServer and Internet Explorer, while IEDriverServer initiates a new IE Browser session, IE Browser first starts up with the IEDriver landing page and then loads the requested url.
Incase Selenium recognizes the IEDriverServer's landing page as the url to be loaded, in that case the solution would be to induce WebDriverWait for the Page Title to be equivalent to the actual page title of the AUT (Application Under Test).
Code Block:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
testurl = "https://www.facebook.com/" # replace with the url of the AUT
driver = webdriver.Ie(executable_path=r'C:pathtoIEDriverServer.exe')
driver.get(testurl)
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.title_contains("Facebook")) # # replace with the title of the AUT
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
answered Nov 23 '18 at 7:11
DebanjanBDebanjanB
41.6k83979
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This works for me, thank you very much!
– the dood
Nov 26 '18 at 10:42
add a comment |
When you use Selenium, IEDriverServer and Internet Explorer, while IEDriverServer initiates a new IE Browser session, IE Browser first starts up with the IEDriver landing page and then loads the requested url.
Incase Selenium recognizes the IEDriverServer's landing page as the url to be loaded, in that case the solution would be to induce WebDriverWait for the Page Title to be equivalent to the actual page title of the AUT (Application Under Test).
Code Block:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
testurl = "https://www.facebook.com/" # replace with the url of the AUT
driver = webdriver.Ie(executable_path=r'C:pathtoIEDriverServer.exe')
driver.get(testurl)
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.title_contains("Facebook")) # # replace with the title of the AUT
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
answered Nov 23 '18 at 7:11
DebanjanBDebanjanB
41.6k83979
1
This works for me, thank you very much!
– the dood
Nov 26 '18 at 10:42
add a comment |
When you use Selenium, IEDriverServer and Internet Explorer, while IEDriverServer initiates a new IE Browser session, IE Browser first starts up with the IEDriver landing page and then loads the requested url.
Incase Selenium recognizes the IEDriverServer's landing page as the url to be loaded, in that case the solution would be to induce WebDriverWait for the Page Title to be equivalent to the actual page title of the AUT (Application Under Test).
Code Block:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
testurl = "https://www.facebook.com/" # replace with the url of the AUT
driver = webdriver.Ie(executable_path=r'C:pathtoIEDriverServer.exe')
driver.get(testurl)
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.title_contains("Facebook")) # # replace with the title of the AUT
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
answered Nov 23 '18 at 7:11
DebanjanBDebanjanB
41.6k83979
When you use Selenium, IEDriverServer and Internet Explorer, while IEDriverServer initiates a new IE Browser session, IE Browser first starts up with the IEDriver landing page and then loads the requested url.
Incase Selenium recognizes the IEDriverServer's landing page as the url to be loaded, in that case the solution would be to induce WebDriverWait for the Page Title to be equivalent to the actual page title of the AUT (Application Under Test).
Code Block:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
testurl = "https://www.facebook.com/" # replace with the url of the AUT
driver = webdriver.Ie(executable_path=r'C:pathtoIEDriverServer.exe')
driver.get(testurl)
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.title_contains("Facebook")) # # replace with the title of the AUT
data = driver.find_element_by_id("__content0-value-scr")
answered Nov 23 '18 at 7:11
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This works for me, thank you very much!
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This works for me, thank you very much!
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What exactly do you mean by Selenium recognizes the IE Driver landing page as the url to be loaded? Also why do you use
driver.refresh()right afterdriver.get(testurl)?– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:44
In ´data = driver.find_element_by_id....´ , selenium does not find the requested id, because it searches the IE Driver Server landing page for this id. I used ´driver.refresh()´ to try and get selenium to load the page I need instead of the IE Driver Server landing page.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Why do you think so? There are several reasons not to find element on page
– Andersson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:48
Because it worked on a test machine with the firefox webdriver which means that there is not an issue with the connection or incorrect page loading.
– the dood
Nov 22 '18 at 21:50
1
Could you use the
WebDriverWaitmethod to wait for something on the landing page before you do thedriver.get()?– John Anderson
Nov 22 '18 at 21:54