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Html – Check internet button and print a message whether it is checked or not

I am trying to do the following exercise: open this page on Python, and check what happens when the "Remote eligible" button is on; are there positions displayed or not?

So far, I have this code but is giving me this error: Could not find or click ‘Remote eligible’ button: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":"[id="c1853"]"}

When the button is off the CSS selector is:

<input class="VfPpkd-muHVFf-bMcfAe" type="checkbox" id="c473" jsname="YPqjbf" jsaction="focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e;change:WPi0i;" data-indeterminate="false">

When it is on, it is:

<input class="VfPpkd-muHVFf-bMcfAe" type="checkbox" id="c556" jsname="YPqjbf" jsaction="focus:AHmuwe; blur:O22p3e;change:WPi0i;" data-indeterminate="false" checked="">

How can I enhance my code?

# !apt-get update
# !apt install chromium-chromedriver
# !pip install selenium

# Import necessary libraries
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
import time

# Configure Selenium to use headless Chrome
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
chrome_options.binary_location = "/usr/bin/chromium-browser"

# Initialize WebDriver with options
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)

# Open the webpage
driver.get("https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results?location=Chile&location=Santiago%2C%20Chile")

# Wait for the page elements to load
time.sleep(5)  # Adjust the sleep time based on your network speed

# Attempt to locate and click the "Remote eligible" button if it's present
# Note: You'll need to adjust the selectors based on the actual page structure
try:
    # Locate the checkbox element
    checkbox_element = driver.find_element(By.ID, 'c1853')
    
    # Check the value of the 'checked' attribute to determine if the button is on or off
    is_button_on = checkbox_element.get_attribute('checked')
    
    # Click the button only if it's off
    if not is_button_on:
        checkbox_element.click()
        print("Clicked 'Remote eligible' to turn it on.")
        time.sleep(3)  # Wait for the page to update after clicking

except Exception as e:
    print(f"Could not find or click 'Remote eligible' button: {e}")

# Now check if there are no positions displayed
# Adjust the method of checking based on how the webpage indicates no positions are available
no_positions_indicator = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, '//div[contains(text(), "No positions found")]')
if no_positions_indicator:
    print("No remote and/or hybrid positions are displayed.")
else:
    print("Remote and/or hybrid positions are displayed.")

# Close the WebDriver
driver.quit()
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Answers


  1. 0

    It looks like the IDs are dynamically generated with each page load. Instead of using the ID, you can use a CSS selector. There is only one input that is a checkbox.

    checkbox_element = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'input[type="checkbox"]')
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  2. 0

    Two issues:

    1. Reason for below exception:
    Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":"[id="c1853"]"}

    As pointed out in other answer, ID attribute’s value is dynamic. So change that line of code to below:

    # Using XPath locator strategy:
checkbox_element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@class='VfPpkd-muHVFf-bMcfAe']")
# Or using CSS Selector as below:
checkbox_element = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'input[type="checkbox"]')
    1. Reason for below exception:
    Could not find or click 'Remote eligible' button: Message: element not interactable'

    In headless mode, sometimes selenium will have trouble clicking on some elements when window is not maximised. So maximise the window as in below code:

    chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
chrome_options.add_argument("--window-size=1920,1080")
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