Python Selenium, Drop Down

Question

I can't get Python to select "Buy" from the drop down menu:

<a href="" role="button" aria-pressed="false" class="td-wb-dropdown__item-content" data-ng-click="tdWbDropdownItemController.select()" data-td-wb-transclude=""> <span data-ng-bind="'trading.order.common.ACTION_' + item | translate">Buy</span> </a>

My code:

select = Select(browser.find_element_by_class_name('td-wb-dropdown__item-content'))
select.select_by_index(1)
select.select_by_visible_text("Buy")

My error:

Select only works on <select> elements, not on <a>

Also, I'm able to click on a drop down itself. However, I'm just unsure how to select my option.

Tsymbol = browser.find_element_by_class_name('td-wb-dropdown__placeholder') # Clicking on BUY/SELL
Tsymbol.click()

Answer 1

Listen to your compiler, and trust it. It told you exactly why your code does not work. :-)

Don't use Select( part. Just find element by class name - use browser's method directly.

Another trick is to find elements, and check if any are present (returned list is not empty).

Answer 2

Got it solved, thank you

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//*[text()='Buy']").click();