Error by getting selected option using Selenium Web Driver with Python
Question:
In order to output my already selected option I coded:
Select(driver.find_elements(By.XPATH,'path_to_select/select/option'))
selected_option = select.first_selected_option
print(selected_option)
Error Message:
raise UnexpectedTagNameException(
selenium.common.exceptions.UnexpectedTagNameException: Message: Select only works on elements, not on
Answers:
Because you are selecting a list of elements. So you can use driver.find_element() instead of driver.find_elements() to select a single element.
select = Select(driver.find_element(By.XPATH,'path_to_select/select/option'))
selected_option = select.first_selected_option
print(selected_option)
driver.find_elements returns list of WebElements
should be driver.find_element. Note the s in find_element
In order to output my already selected option I coded:
Select(driver.find_elements(By.XPATH,'path_to_select/select/option'))
selected_option = select.first_selected_option
print(selected_option)
Error Message:
raise UnexpectedTagNameException(
selenium.common.exceptions.UnexpectedTagNameException: Message: Select only works on elements, not on
Because you are selecting a list of elements. So you can use driver.find_element() instead of driver.find_elements() to select a single element.
select = Select(driver.find_element(By.XPATH,'path_to_select/select/option'))
selected_option = select.first_selected_option
print(selected_option)
driver.find_elements returns list of WebElements
should be driver.find_element. Note the s in find_element