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I cant get automate creating account with group_option selected using selenium with python. I tried several solutions but still it doesn't work. the website is form .php please see codes i used. Im on Linux not Windows.

test-1

driver = webdriver.PhantomJS()

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_name('group_option[]'))
select.select_by_value("Test")
driver.find_element_by_name("submit").click()

website.php

<select onchange="javascript:setStringText(this.id,'group')" id="usergroup" name="group_option[]" class="form" tabindex="105">
    <option value="">Select Groups</option>
    <option value=""></option>  
    <option value="Test"> Test </option>
    <option value="Test1"> Test1 </option>
</select>

@pguardiario im using Ubuntu server headless. what can you recommend? — nicollette16
– nicollette16, Commented Nov 26, 2018 at 10:34
I always use chrome because I like the console for debugging — pguardiario
– pguardiario, Commented Nov 26, 2018 at 22:34

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 07:40:53Z

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To select the option with text as Test you can use the following solution:

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//select[@class='form' and @id='usergroup'][contains(@name,'group_option')]"))
select.select_by_value("Test")

Update

As you are still unable to select from the dropdown-list as an alternative you can induce WebDriverwait and use either of the following solutions:

Option A:

select = Select(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//select[@class='form' and @id='usergroup'][contains(@name,'group_option')]"))))
select.select_by_value("Test")

Option B:

select = Select(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//select[@class='form' and @id='usergroup'][contains(@name,'group_option')]"))))
select.select_by_value("Test")

Note : You have to add the following imports :

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

edited Nov 28, 2018 at 7:40

answered Nov 26, 2018 at 10:07

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nicollette16 Over a year ago

i tested the code and it didn't work. i don't know whats wrong

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@nicollette16 Checkout my updated answer and let me know the status.

min2bro · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26 06:58:13Z

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get('url')

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id('usergroup'))

select by value

select.select_by_value('Test')

answered Nov 26, 2018 at 6:58

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nicollette16 Over a year ago

im using driver = webdriver.PhantomJS() .. i tried your solution and still cant get result with group option. thanks

Kaushik · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26 07:20:23Z

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get('url')

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//select[@id='usergroup']"))

# select by visible text
select.select_by_visible_text('Test')
 OR
# select by value 
select.select_by_value('Test')

answered Nov 26, 2018 at 7:20

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nicollette16 Over a year ago

tested this, i think i saw this same code from other solution and it didn't work

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