The Python code below shows you how to select single and multiple options using Selenium.
import time from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select # Create chrome driver. driver = webdriver.Chrome() # Open the webpage. driver.get("https://openwritings.net/sites/default/files/selenium-test-pages/select.html") # Pause for 5 seconds for you to see the initial state. time.sleep(5) # Single Selection: Select July. ########################################################################################## select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id("single-selection")) select.select_by_visible_text("July") # Multiple Selections: Use variations of locators to select February, August and November. ########################################################################################## # Find <select> element of "Multiple selection" using XPATH locator. select = Select(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//select[@multiple='multiple' and @size=12]")) # Clear all selected entries. select.deselect_all(); # Select February, August and November using different functions. select.select_by_index(1); # February select.select_by_value("Aug"); # Select <option ... value="Aug">...</option> select.select_by_visible_text("November"); # Select <option ...>November</option> # Pause for 10 seconds so that you can see the results. time.sleep(10) # Close. driver.close()
Here is a video showing the code above in action.