Locator Strategies to locate single first elements
Selenium Python follows different locating strategies for elements. One can locate a element in 8 different ways. Here is a list of locating strategies for Selenium in python –
| Locators | Description |
|---|---|
| find_element_by_id | The first element with the id attribute value matching the location will be returned. |
| find_element_by_name | The first element with the name attribute value matching the location will be returned. |
| find_element_by_xpath | The first element with the xpath syntax matching the location will be returned. |
| find_element_by_link_text | The first element with the link text value matching the location will be returned. |
| find_element_by_partial_link_text | The first element with the partial link text value matching the location will be returned. |
| find_element_by_tag_name | The first element with the given tag name will be returned. |
| find_element_by_class_name | the first element with the matching class attribute name will be returned. |
| find_element_by_css_selector | The first element with the matching CSS selector will be returned. |
Locator Strategies – Selenium Python
Locators Strategies in Selenium Python are methods that are used to locate elements from the page and perform an operation on the same. Selenium’s Python Module is built to perform automated testing with Python. Selenium Python bindings provides a simple API to write functional/acceptance tests using Selenium WebDriver. After one has installed selenium and checked out – Navigating links using get method, one might want to play more with Selenium Python. After opening a page using selenium such as w3wiki, one might want to click some buttons automatically or fill a form automatically or any such automated task. This article revolves around two strategies – Locating Single Elements and Location Multiple Elements.