How can I click a href button using python 3.8 selenium?

Question

1. The problem: I'm trying to click this href here:

2. Fail attempts: I tried to use these to no avail

   driver.find_element_by_link_text('Join').click() driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text('href').click()

Answer 1

You can use xpath instead of link text.

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//a[contains(text(), "John"]').click()

Or add space in front of John .

driver.find_element_by_link_text(' Join').click()

Answer 2

To click on the element with text as Join you can use either of the following Locator Strategies :

• Using partial_link_text :

   driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text("Join").click()

• Using xpath :

   driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(., 'Join')]").click()

Ideally, to click on the element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies :

• Using PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT :

   WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "Join"))).click()

• Using XPATH :

   WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[contains(., 'Join')]"))).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