Find element by link text in Selenium Python - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a web page and finds a link using its visible text. It then clicks the link and verifies the new page title to confirm navigation.

Test Code - Selenium

Selenium Python

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
import unittest

class TestFindByLinkText(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
        self.driver.get('https://example.com')

    def test_click_link_by_text(self):
        driver = self.driver
        # Wait until the link with text 'More information...' is present
        link = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
            EC.presence_of_element_located((By.LINK_TEXT, 'More information...'))
        )
        link.click()
        # Wait for the new page title to contain 'IANA'
        WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.title_contains('IANA'))
        self.assertIn('IANA', driver.title)

    def tearDown(self):
        self.driver.quit()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

Execution Trace - 6 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and Chrome browser opens	Browser window opens at https://example.com homepage	-	PASS
2	Wait until link with text 'More information...' is present	Page loaded with visible link text 'More information...'	Check presence of link element by link text	PASS
3	Click the link found by link text	Browser navigates to linked page	-	PASS
4	Wait until page title contains 'IANA'	New page loaded with title containing 'IANA'	Verify page title contains 'IANA'	PASS
5	Assert that 'IANA' is in the page title	Page title is 'IANA — IANA-managed Reserved Domains' or similar	assertIn('IANA', driver.title)	PASS
6	Test ends and browser closes	Browser window closed	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Link with text 'More information...' is not found within 10 seconds

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What method is used to find the link element in this test?

A find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, 'More information...')

B find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, 'More information...')

C find_element(By.ID, 'More information...')

D find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'a[href]')

Key Result

Use explicit waits to find elements by visible link text to ensure the element is present before interacting, improving test reliability.