Element not interactable error clicking on Google Search button on Google homepage using Selenium Python

jyoti katkar Published at Dev

jyoti katkar

import time
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome("../drivers/chromedriver.exe")
driver.get("https://google.com")
driver.find_element_by_name("q").send_keys('Google')
driver.find_element_by_name("btnK").click()
time.sleep(3)
driver.close()
driver.quit()
print("Test completed")

This is the code and I am getting an error like:

selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: element not interactable
  (Session info: chrome=87.0.4280.66)

DebanjanB

To click on Google Search button, as the element is within a <form> you can use the following Locator Strategies:

Using submit():

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get("https://google.com")
element = driver.find_element_by_name("q")
element.send_keys('Google')
element.submit()
driver.quit()
print("Test completed")

Using send_keys(Keys.RETURN):

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get("https://google.com")
element = driver.find_element_by_name("q")
element.send_keys('Google')
element.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
driver.quit()
print("Test completed")

Using send_keys(Keys.ENTER):

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get("https://google.com")
element = driver.find_element_by_name("q")
element.send_keys('Google')
element.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
driver.quit()
print("Test completed")

Ideally, to click on Google Search button, you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use the following Locator Strategies:

Using submit():

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get("https://google.com")
element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.NAME, "q")))
element.send_keys('Google')
element.submit()
driver.quit()
print("Test completed")

Using send_keys(Keys.RETURN):

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get("https://google.com")
element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.NAME, "q")))
element.send_keys('Google')
element.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
driver.quit()
print("Test completed")

Using send_keys(Keys.ENTER):

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get("https://google.com")
element = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.NAME, "q")))
element.send_keys('Google')
element.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
driver.quit()
print("Test completed")

Note: You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC