Python - Selenium - Autocomplete

Selenium is able to select the autocomplete suggestions from Google search. Here is the code showing how.

#!/usr/bin/python3
 
import time
 
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
 
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
 
search_box = driver.find_element_by_name('q')  # Find search input box.
search_box.send_keys('selenium')               # Type in selenium.
time.sleep(1)
 
# Select the 3rd options from the autocomplete.
driver.switch_to_active_element()
 
search_box.send_keys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN)          # Press ARROW_DOWN key.
time.sleep(1)
search_box.send_keys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN)          # Press ARROW_DOWN key.
time.sleep(1)
search_box.send_keys(Keys.ARROW_DOWN)          # Press ARROW_DOWN key.
time.sleep(3)
 
# Search
search_box.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

Here is a video showing the code above in action.

Python, Selenium

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