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

Test Overview

This test opens a web page and finds a link using part of its text. It then clicks the link and checks if the new page title is correct.

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

    def test_click_partial_link_text(self):
        driver = self.driver
        wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
        # Wait until the link with partial text is present
        link = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, 'More information')))
        link.click()
        # Wait for the new page title to be as expected
        wait.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 is open at 'https://example.com' homepage	-	PASS
2	Wait until link containing partial text 'More information' is present	Page loaded with visible link text 'More information...'	Check presence of element with partial link text 'More information'	PASS
3	Click the found link	Browser navigates to the linked page	-	PASS
4	Wait until page title contains 'IANA'	New page loaded with title containing 'IANA'	Verify page title includes '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: The link with partial text 'More information' is not found within 10 seconds

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What method is used to find the link by partial text?

A driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, 'More information')

B driver.find_element(By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, 'More information')

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

D driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, 'More information')

Key Result

Use explicit waits with WebDriverWait and expected_conditions to reliably find elements by partial link text before interacting with them.