How to click the element with href attribute using Python Selenium

Question

The href is like this:

href="../s-reminderNotice.asp?fname=b%2D3c%2DpLessonBooking%2Easp%3Flimit%3Dpl"

I just want to click() this text link on a website. My code is:

driver.find_element_by_xpath('//a[@href="../s-reminderNotice.asp?fname=b%2D3c%2DpLessonBooking%2Easp%3Flimit%3Dpl"]')

Your image is unreadable. Please include its _text_ into the question. — DYZ, Jan 09 '20 at 07:37

DebanjanB · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-09T07:55:03.240

To click() on the element with text as Booking without Fixed Instructor you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using LINK_TEXT:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.LINK_TEXT, "Booking without Fixed Instructor"))).click()

Using PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "Booking without Fixed Instructor"))).click()

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a.sidelinkbold[href*='LessonBooking'][onmouseover*='Practical Training Booking']"))).click()

Using XPATH:

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//a[@class='sidelinkbold' and contains(@href,'LessonBooking')][contains(@onmouseover, 'Practical Training Booking')]"))).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

How to click the element with href attribute using Python Selenium

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