Find element by name in Selenium Python - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to find an element by its name attribute.

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element_by_[1]("username")

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Aname

Bid

Cclass_name

Dtag_name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using find_element_by_id instead of find_element_by_name

Using incorrect attribute names

The find_element_by_name method locates an element using its name attribute.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to send text to an input field found by name.

Selenium Python

driver.find_element_by_[1]("email").send_keys("[e-mail]")

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Aid

Bname

Ccss_selector

Dxpath

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using find_element_by_id when the element has no id

Forgetting to call send_keys after finding the element

To send text to an input, first find the element by its name attribute, then use send_keys.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly find an element by name.

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element_by_[1]("password")

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Atag_name

Bid

Cclass_name

Dname

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using find_element_by_id instead of find_element_by_name

Using find_element instead of find_element_by_name

The find_element_by_name method locates an element using its name attribute.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a dictionary comprehension that maps element names to their text.

Selenium Python

elements = driver.find_elements_by_[1]("item")
texts = {el.get_attribute([2]): el.text for el in elements}

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Aname

B"name"

C"id"

Dclass_name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'id' instead of 'name' in either blank

Not quoting the attribute name string in get_attribute

First, find elements by their name attribute. Then get each element's name attribute as the key in the dictionary.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to find an element by name, check if it is displayed, and assert it is visible.

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element_by_[1]("submit")
visible = element.is_[2]()
assert visible is [3]

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Aname

Bdisplayed

CTrue

Denabled

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'enabled' instead of 'displayed' for visibility check

Asserting with 'False' instead of 'True'

Use find_element_by_name to locate the element. Then check if it is displayed with is_displayed(). Finally, assert that the element is visible by comparing to True.

Practice

1. What does the Selenium method find_element(By.NAME, "username") do?

easy

A. Finds the element with the class name "username".

B. Finds the first element with the name attribute equal to "username".

C. Finds the element with the id attribute "username".

D. Finds all elements with the name attribute equal to "username".

Solution

1. Step 1: Understand the method purpose

   The method find_element locates a single element matching the given locator.

2. Step 2: Analyze the locator type

   Using By.NAME targets elements by their name attribute, not id or class.

3. Final Answer:

   Finds the first element with the name attribute equal to "username". -> Option B

4. Quick Check:

   find_element(By.NAME, "username") = first element by name [OK]

Hint: Remember: find_element finds one element by attribute [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Confusing find_element with find_elements (plural)
• Using id or class instead of name attribute
• Assuming it finds multiple elements

2. Which of the following is the correct syntax to find an element by its name attribute "email" in Selenium Python?

easy

A. driver.find_element_by_name("email")

B. driver.find_element(By.ID, "email")

C. driver.find_element(By.NAME, "email")

D. driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "email")

Solution

1. Step 1: Recall modern Selenium syntax

   Since Selenium 4, the correct way is to use find_element(By.NAME, "email").

2. Step 2: Check each option

   driver.find_element_by_name("email") is deprecated syntax, C and D use wrong locator types.

3. Final Answer:

   driver.find_element(By.NAME, "email") -> Option C

4. Quick Check:

   Use By.NAME with find_element [OK]

Hint: Use By.NAME, not old find_element_by_name [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Using deprecated find_element_by_name method
• Mixing locator types like ID or CLASS_NAME
• Forgetting to import By from selenium.webdriver.common.by

3. Given the code snippet:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('http://example.com')
element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'search')
print(element.tag_name)

What will be printed if the page has an input field with name="search"?

medium

A. An error because find_element is incorrect

B. "div"

C. "search"

D. "input"

Solution

1. Step 1: Understand what find_element returns

   It returns the first matching WebElement with name="search".

2. Step 2: Check the tag_name property

   The tag_name of an input field is "input".

3. Final Answer:

   "input" -> Option D

4. Quick Check:

   Element with name 'search' is input tag [OK]

Hint: tag_name shows HTML tag of found element [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Confusing attribute value with tag name
• Assuming find_element returns text content
• Thinking find_element syntax is wrong here

4. What is wrong with this code snippet?

element = driver.find_element(By.name, "password")

medium

A. By.name should be By.NAME (case sensitive).

B. The method find_element does not exist.

C. The locator should be By.ID instead of By.name.

D. The quotes around "password" are incorrect.

Solution

1. Step 1: Check the locator usage

   Locator constants in Selenium are uppercase, so it should be By.NAME, not By.name.

2. Step 2: Verify other parts

   Method name and quotes are correct; locator type is appropriate for name attribute.

3. Final Answer:

   By.name should be By.NAME (case sensitive). -> Option A

4. Quick Check:

   Locator constants are uppercase in Selenium [OK]

Hint: Locator constants like By.NAME are uppercase [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Using lowercase locator constants
• Confusing locator types (name vs id)
• Assuming method name is wrong

5. You want to fill a form field with name "user_email" using Selenium Python. Which code snippet correctly finds the element and enters the email "[e-mail]"?

hard

A. element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "user_email")
element.send_keys("[e-mail]")

B. element = driver.find_element(By.ID, "user_email")
element.send_keys("[e-mail]")

C. element = driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "user_email")
element.send_keys("[e-mail]")

D. element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "user_email")
element.click()

Solution

1. Step 1: Locate element by name attribute

   Use find_element(By.NAME, "user_email") to find the input field by its name.

2. Step 2: Enter text into the field

   Use send_keys("[e-mail]") to type the email into the field.

3. Final Answer:

   element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "user_email") element.send_keys("[e-mail]") -> Option A

4. Quick Check:

   Find by name + send_keys to input text [OK]

Hint: Use send_keys after find_element to type text [OK]

Common Mistakes:

• Using wrong locator type (ID or CLASS_NAME)
• Using click() instead of send_keys() to enter text
• Not locating element before sending keys