不能将 submit() 与 Selenium (Python) 一起使用

Question

I have used driver.find_element_by_id('SearchProductName') to find the element with the following HTML:

<input autocomplete="off" name="SearchProductName" id="SearchProductName"
class="sg-input headerSearchBox ac_input" placeholder="Search for a 
product" tabindex="0">

It has recognised this element correctly and I have been able to send_keys to it, but when I try to submit() , I get the following error.

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: 
Element was not in a form so couldn't submit

I don't understand how if the element is a textbox which I can send_keys to, it is not then a form which I can submit. How do I fix this problem so that I use submit on this element?

Answer 1

.submit() is intended for controls that are inside of a FORM . It's a shortcut way to submit the form without clicking the Submit button. It looks like in your case the INPUT is not inside a FORM tag, thus the error message. I don't know what your page looks like but do with code what a user would do. The user fills out the input... what's their next step? Click a button or ? Do that with code and you should be able to progress in your scenario.