Not able to enter input in a textbox (Python)

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I'm trying to access a textbox to enter some values in it, but my code doesn't find the element I'm searching for (I've tried it via xpath, id, and class).

Since I have a WebDriverWait condition, a TimeoutException occurs. I really don't understand what I'm doing wrong, since this method worked for other pages I tried it in!

My code (and webpage):

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://www.bancosantander.es/es/particulares/prestamos/prestamos-personales/simulador')

# Find textbox
amountBox = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="amount"]')))

# Set amount to 10000  
amountBox.clear()
amountBox.send_keys('10000')

Error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\Python\.spyder-py3\scrapingTest.py", line 14, in <module>
amountBox = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="amount"]')))

File "C:\Users\Python\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\support\wait.py", line 80, in until
raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace)

TimeoutException

Any help will be appreciated!

Sameer Arora · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-06 11:29:06Z

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An iframe is present on the page, so you need to first switch to that iframe and then operate on the element.
You can do it like:

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://www.bancosantander.es/es/particulares/prestamos/prestamos-personales/simulador')

#Switch to the iframe
driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_tag_name('iframe'))

# Find textbox
amountBox = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="amount"]')))

# Set amount to 10000  
amountBox.clear()
amountBox.send_keys('10000')

answered Apr 6, 2020 at 11:29

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frianH · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-06 11:33:10Z

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It's inside iframe, you need switch it first.

Please utilize .frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it method:

driver.get('https://www.bancosantander.es/es/particulares/prestamos/prestamos-personales/simulador')

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'iframe[src]')))

# Find textbox
amountBox = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="amount"]')))

# Set amount to 10000  
amountBox.clear()
amountBox.send_keys('10000')

answered Apr 6, 2020 at 11:33

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