Selenium package is used in Python to automate tasks using Python scripts on a web browser. This can be as simple as clicking a button on a web page or as complex as filling out a form on a given web page.
This article will discuss selecting from a drop-down menu on a web page using selenium in Python.
Select option from dropdown menu using Selenium in Python
First, we need to start an object of the webdriver class to create the browser window. We will use the get() function of this object to redirect to the desired website.
Then, we need to find the HTML element of the dropdown menu. We can use different methods to find this element based on different attributes.
We can use the find_element_by_id() function to find elements using the id attribute, the find_element_by_class_name() function to find elements using the class attribute, and so on.
Once the element is found, we need to use the Select class found in selenium.webdriver.support.ui. We need to create an object of this class using the Select() constructor and the elements retrieved from the dropdown list.
This object uses different functions to select options from drop-down menus.
These methods are discussed below. Note that these methods will throw NoSuchElementException if there are no matching options.
Select option from dropdown menu using select_by_index() function in Python using Selenium
select_by_index()Function selects a given option from a menu based on an indexed attribute. Note that it does not calculate options, but uses indexed properties.