Find button class with selenium using the button text

Question

please I'm quite a selenium newbie and I would need help with the following.

I have this simple HTML code:

<button class="_5s5nM yZn2p  ">Log in</button> == $0

I need to find this element using the words "Log in". I tried this code but I get an error message:

test_submit2 = driver.find_element_by_link_text("Log in")

any idea of why it doesn't work? Many thanks

Answer 1

Try this below code, this may work in your case:

//button[contains(text(), 'Log in')];

In your code the syntax seems to be incorrect, linkText will also work.

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Log in")):

Answer 2

The answer above is correct, i.e.

//button[contains(text(), 'Log in')];

However, one detail you forgot is that this is By.XPath and not By.linkText

Answer 3

To maintain the application security, security testing services are used by developers to maintain dynamic nature of locators where the value class="_5s5nM yZn2p " can be changed after some time.

So for your scenario the locator should be static like //button[text()= 'Log in'] and usage should be like driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[text()= 'Log in']")):