7. Introduction to Locating Elements

If we want to perform any automated action on a web page, we need the locators from it to find it.

How To Locate Elements Using Selenium Methods are

• Locate Element by Name

  driver.find_element_by_name("q")

• Locate Element by ID

  driver.find_element_by_id("lst-ib")

• Locate Element by Link Text

  driver.find_element_by_link_text("Account Summary")

• Locate Element by Partial Link Text

  driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text("Map")

• Locate Element by XPath

  driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[@id='signIn']")

• Locate Element by CSS Selector

  driver.find_element_by_css_selector('div.active')

• Locate Element by Tagname

  driver.find_element_by_tag_name('span')

• Locate Element by Classname

  driver.find_element_by_class_name('active-button')

Q&A:

How to find multiple elements

• find_elements_by_name

• find_elements_by_xpath

• find_elements_by_link_text

• find_elements_by_partial_link_text

• find_elements_by_tag_name

• find_elements_by_class_name

• find_elements_by_css_selector