find

The command to get a list of Elements that match the CSS selector.

Syntax

py.find(css: str) -> Elements
py.find(css: str, timeout: int) -> Elements

---or---

Element.find(css: str) -> Elements
Element.find(css: str, timeout: int) -> Elements

Usage

correct usage

# Yield Elements in .nav with tag name of a
py.get(".nav").find("a")

---or---

# Yield all Elements in the DOM with id of 'button'
py.find("#button")

---or--- # store in a variable

elements = py.find("li")

---or--- # chain an Elements command

element = py.find("ul > li").first()

---or--- # control the timeout in any of the above usages

py.find("li", timeout=5).last()

Arguments

• css (str) - The CSS selector to use

• timeout=None (int) - The number of seconds for this command to succeed.

  • timeout=None will use the default wait_time in pylenium.json

  • timeout=0 will poll the DOM immediately with no wait

  • Greater than zero will override the default wait_time

Yields

• Elements - A list of elements that match the query.

Examples