Executing a script in selenium python
Question: I am trying to execute this script in selenium.

    
    
    <div class="vbseo_liked">
    <a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8355" rel="nofollow">Nyaralego</a>
    ,
    <a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8870" rel="nofollow">Sikonge</a>
    ,
    <a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8979" rel="nofollow">Ab-Titchaz</a>
    and
    <a onclick="return vbseoui.others_click(this)" href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/225589-kenyan-and-tanzanian-surburbs.html#">11 others</a>
    like this.
    </div>
    

This is my code to execute it.

    
    
    browser.execute_script("document.getElement(By.xpath(\"//div[@class='vbseo_liked']/a[contains(@onclick, 'return vbseoui.others_click(this)')]\").click()")
    

It didn't work. What am i doing wrong?


Answer: Find the element with selenium and pass it to
[`execute_script()`](http://selenium-
python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api.html#selenium.webdriver.remote.webdriver.WebDriver.execute_script)
to click:

    
    
    link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="vbseo_liked"]/a[contains(@onclick, "return vbseoui.others_click(this)")]')
    browser.execute_script('arguments[0].click();', link)
    

* * *

Since I know the context of the problem, here is the set of things for you to
do to solve it:

  * click on the "11 others" link via javascript relying on the solution provided here: [How to simulate a click with JavaScript?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2705583/how-to-simulate-a-click-with-javascript)
  * make a [custom expected condition](http://stackoverflow.com/a/29377790/771848) to wait for the element text not to ends with "11 others like this." text (this is a solution to the problem you had at [Expected conditions with selenium](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29361133/expected-conditions-with-selenium/29361478#29361478)):
    
        class wait_for_text_not_to_end_with(object):
        def __init__(self, locator, text):
            self.locator = locator
            self.text = text
    
        def __call__(self, driver):
            try :
                element_text = EC._find_element(driver, self.locator).text.strip()
                return not element_text.endswith(self.text)
            except StaleElementReferenceException:
                return False
    

Implementation:

    
    
    from selenium import webdriver
    from selenium.common.exceptions import StaleElementReferenceException
    from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
    from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
    from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
    
    
    class wait_for_text_not_to_end_with(object):
        def __init__(self, locator, text):
            self.locator = locator
            self.text = text
    
        def __call__(self, driver):
            try :
                element_text = EC._find_element(driver, self.locator).text.strip()
                return not element_text.endswith(self.text)
            except StaleElementReferenceException:
                return False
    
    
    browser = webdriver.PhantomJS()
    browser.maximize_window()
    browser.get("http://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/225589-kenyan-and-tanzanian-surburbs.html")
    
    username = browser.find_element_by_id("navbar_username")
    password = browser.find_element_by_name("vb_login_password_hint")
    
    username.send_keys("MarioP")
    password.send_keys("codeswitching")
    
    browser.find_element_by_class_name("loginbutton").click()
    
    wait = WebDriverWait(browser, 30)
    wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//h2[contains(., "Redirecting")]')))
    wait.until(EC.title_contains('Kenyan & Tanzanian'))
    wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID, 'postlist')))
    
    # click "11 others" link
    link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="vbseo_liked"]/a[contains(@onclick, "return vbseoui.others_click(this)")]')
    link.click()
    browser.execute_script("""
    function eventFire(el, etype){
      if (el.fireEvent) {
        el.fireEvent('on' + etype);
      } else {
        var evObj = document.createEvent('Events');
        evObj.initEvent(etype, true, false);
        el.dispatchEvent(evObj);
      }
    }
    
    eventFire(arguments[0], "click");
    """, link)
    
    # wait for the "div" not to end with "11 others link this."
    wait.until(wait_for_text_not_to_end_with((By.CLASS_NAME, 'vbseo_liked'), "11 others like this."))
    
    print 'success!!'
    browser.close()
    

