I am getting timeout exception even after using try catch in selenium python

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I am using selenium to find a page and perform some action.

I have coded it in a way that if chrome is not able to find the page, go to the next one.

I have used try-catch for it but it is failing sometimes.

driver.get(url.text())
try:
    element_present = EC.presence_of_element_located((By.TAG_NAME,'nav'))
    WebDriverWait(driver, 50).until(element_present)

except:
    driver.close()
    continue

Sometimes it runs perfectly but sometimes it throws timeout exception... IDK why? It should go to exception...

File "index.py", line 124, in requests
driver.get(url.text())
selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: timeout

Any insights?

you are waiting for 50 seconds. You're saying that sometimes it reaches the 50 seconds and timeouts? when you open that page by hand, is it fast? — Kevin Eaverquepedo
– Kevin Eaverquepedo, Commented Oct 10, 2019 at 13:10

Shubham Jain · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-10 13:17:59Z

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The error is in line

driver.get(url.text())

which is not in try-except. Include this line in the try-except block.

answered Oct 10, 2019 at 13:17

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Guy · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-10 13:14:28Z

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driver.get(url.text()) is not inside the try except block, so the exception won't be caught. The driver took too much time to load, so you received TimeoutException on the get() command. You can set it using

driver.set_page_load_timeout(10)

answered Oct 10, 2019 at 13:14

Guy

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