Can't get Selenium to select option

Question

I have been trying for a long time to get Selenium to select an option from a drop down select field. It appears not to be selecting the element whatsoever. Could the fact that it requires a reload link be causing issues?

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import csv
import requests
import re

driver2 = webdriver.Chrome()
driver2.get("http://www.squawka.com/match-results")

el = driver2.find_element_by_id('league-filter-list')
for option in el.find_elements_by_tag_name('option'):
    if option.text == 'Football League Championship':
        option.click()
        break

driver2.quit()

Answer 1

try this:

el = driver2.find_element_by_id('league-filter-list')
el.select_by_visible_text('Football League Championship')

Answer 2

You're trying to click an invisible element, which won't work.

It's easiest to use the select class.

For an example, see Daniel Abel's answer in this thread: What is the correct way to select an <option> using Selenium's Python WebDriver

Answer 3

As a workaround for dropdown menus that dont have data before interaction you could simply click text after clicking on element.

findYourDropdown.Click
findSomeText.Click