Click a href button with selenium and python?

python selenium button click href
Findios picture Findios · Oct 26, 2013 · Viewed 40.4k times · Source

I have one button from one LinkedIn page with this code:

<div class="primary-action-button"><a class="primary-action label" href="/requestList?displayProposal=&amp;destID=39959446&amp;creationType=DC&amp;authToken=Yr4_&amp;authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&amp;trk=vsrp_people_res_pri_act&amp;trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A2998448551382744275729%2CVSRPtargetId%3A39959446%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary">Send InMail</a></div>

Is there any way to click on an element just by its href link? Thanks

Answer

Ben Smith picture Ben Smith · Oct 26, 2013

Using selenium you could use the following code:

driver.find_element_by_link_text("Send InMail").click()

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