Example –
Let’s demonstrate Exception by trying to find an element that doesn’t exist and click it at w3wiki.org
Python3
# import webdriverfrom selenium import webdriverfrom selenium.webdriver.common.by import By# create webdriver objectdriver = webdriver.Firefox()# get w3wiki.orgdriver.get("https://www.w3wiki.org/")# get element element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "abrakadabra")# click the itemprint(element.click()) |
Now, let’s run this program, it first open w3wiki.org and then raise exception – selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException, which means that element doesn’t exist on the website.
Exceptions – Selenium Python
Exceptions in Selenium Python are the errors that occur when one of method fails or an unexpected event occurs. All instances in Python must be instances of a class that derives from BaseException. Two exception classes that are not related via subclassing are never equivalent, even if they have the same name. The built-in exceptions can be generated by the interpreter or built-in functions. This article revolves around multiple exceptions that can occur during the run of a Selenium program.