How to create an Explicit wait in Selenium Python?
- Explicit wait as defined would be the combination of WebDriverWait and Expected conditions.
- Let’s implement this on https://www.w3wiki.org/and wait 10 seconds before locating an element.
# import webdriver
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
# create webdriver object
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
# get w3wiki.org
driver.get("https://www.w3wiki.org/")
# get element after explicitly waiting for 10 seconds
element = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
EC.presence_of_element_located((By.link_text, "Courses"))
)
# click the element
element.click()
Output
First it opens https://www.w3wiki.org/ and then finds Courses link.
Opens w3wiki and then finds Courses link
It clicks on courses links and is redirected to https://www.w3wiki.org/.
Courses links and is redirected to w3wiki site
Explicit waits in Selenium Python
Selenium Python is one of the great tools for testing automation. These days most web apps are using AJAX techniques. When the browser loads a page, the elements within that page may load at different time intervals.
Table of Content
- What is Explicit Waits?
- How to create an Explicit wait in Selenium Python?
- Conclusion
- Frequently Asked Questions in Explicit waits in Selenium Python
This makes locating elements difficult, if an element is not yet present in the DOM, a locate function will raise an ElementNotVisibleException exception. Using waits, we can solve this issue.
- Waiting provides some slack between actions performed – mostly locating an element or any other operation with the element.
- Selenium Webdriver provides two types of waits – implicit & explicit. This article revolves around Explicit wait in Selenium Python.
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