Browser¶

splinter.browser.Browser(driver_name: str = 'firefox', retry_count: int = 3, config=None, *args, **kwargs)¶

Get a new driver instance.

Extra arguments will be sent to the driver instance.

If there is no driver registered with the provided driver_name, this function will raise a splinter.exceptions.DriverNotFoundError exception.

Parameters:

driver_name (str) – Name of the driver to use.
retry_count (int) – Number of times to try and instantiate the driver.

Returns:

Driver instance

DriverAPI¶

class splinter.driver.DriverAPI¶

Basic driver API class.

back() → None¶

The browser will navigate to the previous URL in the history.

If there is no previous URL, this method does nothing.

check(name: str) → None¶

Check a checkbox by its name.

Parameters:: name (str) – name of the element to check.

Example

>>> browser.check("agree-with-terms")

If you call browser.check n times, the checkbox keeps checked, it never get unchecked.

To uncheck a checkbox, take a look in the uncheck method.

choose(name: str, value: str) → None¶

Choose a value in a radio buttons group.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the element to enter text into.
value (str) – Value to choose.

Example

You have two radio buttons in a page, with the name gender and values ‘F’ and ‘M’.

>>> browser.choose('gender', 'F')

Then the female gender will be chosen.

property cookies: Type[CookieManagerAPI]¶

A CookieManager instance.

For more details, check the cookies manipulation section.

evaluate_script(script: str, *args: str) → Any¶

Similar to execute_script method.

Execute javascript in the browser and return the value of the expression.

Parameters:: script (str) – The piece of JavaScript to execute.

Example

>>> assert 4 == browser.evaluate_script('2 + 2')

execute_script(script: str, *args: str) → Any¶

Execute a piece of JavaScript in the browser.

Parameters:: script (str) – The piece of JavaScript to execute.

Example

>>> browser.execute_script('document.getElementById("body").innerHTML = "<p>Hello world!</p>"')

fill(name: str, value: str) → None¶

Fill the field identified by name with the content specified by value.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the element to enter text into.
value (str) – Value to enter into the element.

fill_form(field_values, form_id: str | None = None, name: str | None = None) → None¶

Fill the fields identified by name with the content specified by value in a dict.

Currently, fill_form supports the following fields: text, password, textarea, checkbox, radio and select.

Checkboxes should be specified as a boolean in the dict.

Parameters:

field_values (dict) – Values for all the fields in the form, in the pattern of {field name: field value}
form_id (str) – Id of the form to fill. Can be used instead of name.
name (str) – Name of the form to fill.
ignore_missing (bool) – Ignore missing keys in the dict.

find_by_css(css_selector: str) → ElementList¶

Return an instance of ElementList, using a CSS selector to query the current page content.

Parameters:: css_selector (str) – CSS Selector to use in the search query.

find_by_id(id: str) → ElementList¶

Find an element on the current page by its id.

Even when only one element is find, this method returns an instance of ElementList

Parameters:: id (str) – id to use in the search query.

find_by_name(name: str) → ElementList¶

Find elements on the current page by their name.

Return an instance of ElementList.

Parameters:: name (str) – name to use in the search query.

find_by_tag(tag: str) → ElementList¶

Find all elements of a given tag in current page.

Returns an instance of ElementList

Parameters:: tag (str) – tag to use in the search query.

find_by_text(text: str) → ElementList¶

Find elements on the current page by their text.

Returns an instance of ElementList

Parameters:: text (str) – text to use in the search query.

find_by_value(value: str) → ElementList¶

Find elements on the current page by their value.

Returns an instance of ElementList

Parameters:: value (str) – value to use in the search query.

find_by_xpath(xpath: str) → ElementList¶

Return an instance of ElementList, using a xpath selector to query the current page content.

Parameters:: xpath (str) – Xpath to use in the search query.

find_option_by_text(text: str) → ElementList¶

Finds <option> elements by their text.

Returns an instance of ElementList

Parameters:: text (str) – text to use in the search query.

find_option_by_value(value: str) → ElementList¶

Find <option> elements by their value.

Returns an instance of ElementList

Parameters:: value (str) – value to use in the search query.

forward() → None¶

The browser will navigate to the next URL in the history.

If there is no URL to forward, this method does nothing.

get_alert() → Any¶

Change the context for working with alerts and prompts.

For more details, check the docs about iframes, alerts and prompts

get_iframe(name: Any) → Any¶

Change the context for working with iframes.

For more details, check the docs about iframes, alerts and prompts

property html: str¶: Source of current page.

html_snapshot(name: str = '', suffix: str = '.html', encoding: str = 'utf-8', unique_file: bool = True) → str¶

Write the current html to a file.

Parameters:

name (str) – File name.
suffix (str) – File extension.
encoding (str) – File encoding.
unique_file (str) – If true, the filename will include a path to the system temp directory and extra characters at the end to ensure the file is unique.

Returns:

Full file name of the created html snapshot.

Return type:

str

is_element_not_present_by_css(css_selector: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is not present in the current page.

Parameters:

css (str) – css selector for the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is not present and False if is present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_not_present_by_id(id: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is not present in the current page.

Parameters:

id (str) – id for the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is not present and False if is present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_not_present_by_name(name: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is not present in the current page.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is not present and False if is present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_not_present_by_tag(tag: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is not present in the current page.

Parameters:

tag (str) – tag of the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is not present and False if is present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_not_present_by_text(text: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is not present in the current page.

Parameters:

text (str) – text in the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is not present and False if is present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_not_present_by_value(value: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is not present in the current page.

Parameters:

value (str) – value in the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is not present and False if is present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_not_present_by_xpath(xpath: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is not present in the current page.

Parameters:

xpath (str) – xpath of the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is not present and False if is present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_present_by_css(css_selector: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is present in the current page.

Parameters:

css (str) – css selector for the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is present and False if is not present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_present_by_id(id: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is present in the current page.

Parameters:

id (str) – id for the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is present and False if is not present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_present_by_name(name: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is present in the current page.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is present and False if is not present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_present_by_tag(tag: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is present in the current page.

Parameters:

tag (str) – tag of the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is present and False if is not present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_present_by_text(text: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is present in the current page.

Parameters:

text (str) – text in the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is present and False if is not present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_present_by_value(value: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is present in the current page.

Parameters:

value (str) – value in the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is present and False if is not present.

Return type:

bool

is_element_present_by_xpath(xpath: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Verify if an element is present in the current page.

Parameters:

xpath (str) – xpath of the element.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search.

Returns:

True if the element is present and False if is not present.

Return type:

bool

is_text_present(text: str, wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Check if a piece of text is on the page.

Parameters:

text (str) – text to use in the search query.
wait_time (int) – Number of seconds to search for the text.

Returns:

True if finds a match for the text and False if not.

Return type:

bool

new_tab(url: str) → None¶

The browser will navigate to the given URL in a new tab.

Parameters:: url (str) – URL path.

quit() → None¶: Quit the browser, closing its windows (if it has one).

reload() → None¶: Revisits the current URL.

screenshot(name: str | None = None, suffix: str | None = None, full: bool = False, unique_file: bool = True) → str¶

Take a screenshot of the current page and save it locally.

Parameters:

name (str) – File name for the screenshot.
suffix (str) – File extension for the screenshot.
full (bool) – If the screenshot should be full screen or not.
unique_file (bool) – If true, the filename will include a path to the system temp directory and extra characters at the end to ensure the file is unique.

Returns:

Full file name of the created screenshot.

Return type:

str

select(name: str, value: str) → None¶

Select an <option> element in an <select> element using the name of the <select> and the value of the <option>.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the option element.
value (str) – Value to select.

Example

>>> browser.select("state", "NY")

property title: str¶: Title of current page.

type(name: str, value: str, slowly: bool = False) → str¶

Type a value into an element.

It’s useful to test javascript events like keyPress, keyUp, keyDown, etc.

Parameters:

name (str) – name of the element to enter text into.
value (str) – Value to enter into the element.
slowly (bool) – If True, this function returns an iterator which will type one character per iteration.

uncheck(name: str) → None¶

Uncheck a checkbox by its name.

Parameters:: name (str) – name of the element to uncheck.

Example

>>> browser.uncheck("send-me-emails")

If you call brower.uncheck n times, the checkbox keeps unchecked, it never get checked.

To check a checkbox, take a look in the check method.

property url: str¶: URL of current page.

visit(url: str) → None¶

Use the browser to navigate to the given URL.

Parameters:: url (str) – URL path.

ElementAPI¶

class splinter.driver.ElementAPI¶

Basic element API class.

Any element in the page can be represented as an instance of ElementAPI.

Once you have an instance, you can easily access attributes like a dict:

>>> element = browser.find_by_id("link-logo").first
>>> assert element['href'] == 'https://splinter.readthedocs.io'

You can also interact with the instance using the methods and properties listed below.

check() → None¶

Check the element, if it’s “checkable” (e.g.: a checkbox).

If the element is already checked, this method does nothing. For unchecking elements, take a loot in the uncheck method.

property checked: bool¶

Get the checked status of the element.

Example

>>> element.check()
>>> assert element.checked
>>> element.uncheck()
>>> assert not element.checked

clear() → None¶: Reset the field value.

click() → None¶: Click the element.

fill(value: str) → None¶

Fill the element with text content.

Parameters:: value (str) – Value to enter into the element.

has_class(class_name: str) → bool¶: Indicates whether the element has the given class.

is_not_visible(wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Check if an element is not visible within the given wait time.

Parameters:: wait_time (int) – Time in seconds to check for the element.
Returns:: bool

is_visible(wait_time: int | None = None) → bool¶

Check if an element is visible within the given wait time.

Parameters:: wait_time (int) – Time in seconds to check for the element.
Returns:: bool

mouse_out() → None¶: Move the mouse away from the element.

mouse_over() → None¶: Move the mouse over the element.

screenshot(name: str | None = None, suffix: str | None = None, full: bool = False, unique_file: bool = True) → str¶: Take a screenshot of the element.

select(value: str, slowly: bool = False) → None¶

Select an <option> element in the element using the value of the <option>.

Example

>>> element.select("NY")

property shadow_root¶: Get the shadow root of an element’s shadow DOM.

property text: str¶: All of the text within the element. HTML tags are stripped.

type(value: str, slowly: bool = False) → str¶

Type the value in the element.

If slowly is True, this function returns an iterator which will type one character per iteration.

It’s useful to test javascript events like keyPress, keyUp, keyDown, etc.

Example

>>> from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
>>> ElementAPI.type(Keys.RETURN)

uncheck() → None¶

Uncheck the element, if it’s “checkable” (e.g.: a checkbox).

If the element is already unchecked, this method does nothing. For checking elements, take a loot in the check method.

property value: str¶: Value of the element, usually a form element

property visible: bool¶

Get the current visibility status of the element.

Returns:: bool