How to resolve NoSuchElementException in Selenium Java?

Question

I've been working on a company project involving Seleniumand I keep getting NoSuchElementException despite putting xpath, cssSelector and linkText. Below is my program.

NewCard.java

public class NewCard {
public static void createTopUpRequestNewCard(WebDriver driver) {
    WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
    WebElement utilityTopUp = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[@id='wrapper']/div/ul/li[9]/a")));
    utilityTopUp.click();
    WebElement createTopUpNewCard = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[@id='wrapper']/div/div/ul/li[2]/a")));
    createTopUpNewCard.click();
}
} 

Error StackTrace

org.openqa.selenium.TimeoutException: Expected condition failed: waiting for visibility of element located by By.xpath: //div[@id='wrapper']/div/ul/li[9]/a (tried for 30 second(s) with 500 milliseconds interval)

    at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait.timeoutException(WebDriverWait.java:95)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait.until(FluentWait.java:272)
    at AbtMainTestControl.AutomationTesting.newcard.NewCard.createTopUpRequestNewCard(NewCard.java:41)
    at AbtMainTestControl.AutomationTesting.test.AutoTest.createTopUpRequest(AutoTest.java:54)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:134)
    at org.testng.internal.TestInvoker.invokeMethod(TestInvoker.java:597)
    at org.testng.internal.TestInvoker.invokeTestMethod(TestInvoker.java:173)
    at org.testng.internal.MethodRunner.runInSequence(MethodRunner.java:46)
    at org.testng.internal.TestInvoker$MethodInvocationAgent.invoke(TestInvoker.java:816)
    at org.testng.internal.TestInvoker.invokeTestMethods(TestInvoker.java:146)
    at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:146)
    at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:128)
    at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)
    at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:766)
    at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:587)
    at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:384)
    at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:378)
    at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:337)
    at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:286)
    at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:53)
    at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:96)
    at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1187)
    at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1109)
    at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1039)
    at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1007)
    at com.intellij.rt.testng.IDEARemoteTestNG.run(IDEARemoteTestNG.java:66)
    at com.intellij.rt.testng.RemoteTestNGStarter.main(RemoteTestNGStarter.java:109)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at com.intellij.rt.execution.CommandLineWrapper.main(CommandLineWrapper.java:63)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//div[@id='wrapper']/div/ul/li[9]/a"}
  (Session info: chrome=87.0.4280.141)
For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'EZL-OA-JACQUELI', ip: '192.168.130.18', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_241'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 87.0.4280.141, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 87.0.4280.88 (89e2380a3e36c..., userDataDir: C:\Users\lukegoh\AppData\Lo...}, goog:chromeOptions: {debuggerAddress: localhost:58598}, javascriptEnabled: true, networkConnectionEnabled: false, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platform: WINDOWS, platformName: WINDOWS, proxy: Proxy(), setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify, webauthn:virtualAuthenticators: true}
Session ID: 78c5d3b2ff7e0a99e3da6b4bba18815b
*** Element info: {Using=xpath, value=//div[@id='wrapper']/div/ul/li[9]/a}
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:187)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:122)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:49)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:158)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:83)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:323)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:428)
    at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:353)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:315)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions$7.apply(ExpectedConditions.java:205)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions$7.apply(ExpectedConditions.java:201)
    at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait.until(FluentWait.java:249)
    ... 34 more

HTML Code

Utility Top Up

<a href="#" class="menu__link"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-inline--fa fa-user fa-w-14 menu__icon" focusable="false" data-prefix="fa" data-icon="user" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512" data-fa-i2svg=""><path fill="currentColor" d="M224 256c70.7 0 128-57.3 128-128S294.7 0 224 0 96 57.3 96 128s57.3 128 128 128zm89.6 32h-16.7c-22.2 10.2-46.9 16-72.9 16s-50.6-5.8-72.9-16h-16.7C60.2 288 0 348.2 0 422.4V464c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48v-41.6c0-74.2-60.2-134.4-134.4-134.4z"></path></svg><!-- <i aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-user menu__icon"></i> --> Utility Top Up <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-inline--fa fa-chevron-right fa-w-10 menu__arrow-icon" focusable="false" data-prefix="fa" data-icon="chevron-right" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 320 512" data-fa-i2svg=""><path fill="currentColor" d="M285.476 272.971L91.132 467.314c-9.373 9.373-24.569 9.373-33.941 0l-22.667-22.667c-9.357-9.357-9.375-24.522-.04-33.901L188.505 256 34.484 101.255c-9.335-9.379-9.317-24.544.04-33.901l22.667-22.667c9.373-9.373 24.569-9.373 33.941 0L285.475 239.03c9.373 9.372 9.373 24.568.001 33.941z"></path></svg><!-- <i aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-chevron-right menu__arrow-icon"></i> --></a>

Screenshot of Utility Top Up locators

Create Top Up New Card

<a href="#" class="context-menu__link"> create top up request (new card) </a>

Screenshot of Create Top Up New Card locators

The screenshots above are the locators of the 2 elements I'm interacting respectively. I used Selenium IDE to record my program. Nevertheless, despite trying all these locators, I keep getting the NoSuchElementException. May I know how to solve these recurring issues?

Answer 1

Update

use:

//*[text()[contains(.,"Utility Top Up")]]

use wait :

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated​(By.xpath("//*[text()[contains(.,"Utility Top Up")]]")));

The text is inside anchor tag but there is a tag in between text so , first get text contents using text() and check for utility Top in all the retrieved text content.

Old

If you are not getting element not found error after changing VisibilityofElementLocated with PresenceofElementLocated , then it means selenium is not able to identify the element . Unless you provide the html it is hard to answer . THe only thing to recommend is :

1. Your locator might be wrong , verify if locator is correct by using dev tool ( Inpect element)

2. Element might be inside iframe , if so you should switch to frame first before you can find or interact with those elements

3. Element might be a shadow element , you should use javascript
   shadowRoot and queryselector scripts to find such shadow root elements.

Answer 2

You have twice the same selector: By.xpath("//div[@id='wrapper']/div/ul/li[9]/a")

Are you sure the second time the selector is exact the same? In my experience new elements that are created after a click have a different selector.

I would try a more simple selector like: By.partialLinkText("Utility Top Up")

If you want a better answer I need the following info:

• HTML/DOM sources of the part you are interacting with
• Is it the first wait or the second that cannot find the element

Answer 3

try using Actions class :

Actions action=new Actions(driver); action.moveToElement(utilityTopUp).bulid().perform(); action.moveToElement(utilityTopUp).click().build().perform();