Source code for selenium.webdriver.common.by

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"""The By implementation."""

from typing import Dict
from typing import Literal
from typing import Optional



[docs]
class By:
    """Set of supported locator strategies.

    ID:
    --
    Select the element by its ID.

    >>> element = driver.find_element(By.ID, 'myElement')

    XPATH:
    ------
    Select the element via XPATH.
        - absolute path
        - relative path

    >>> element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//html/body/div')

    LINK_TEXT:
    ----------
    Select the link element having the exact text.

    >>> element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, 'myLink')

    PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT:
    ------------------
    Select the link element having the partial text.

    >>> element = driver.find_element(By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, 'my')

    NAME:
    ----
    Select the element by its name attribute.

    >>> element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'myElement')

    TAG_NAME:
    --------
    Select the element by its tag name.

    >>> element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, 'div')

    CLASS_NAME:
    -----------
    Select the element by its class name.

    >>> element = driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, 'myElement')

    CSS_SELECTOR:
    -------------
    Select the element by its CSS selector.

    >>> element = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'div.myElement')
    """

    ID = "id"
    XPATH = "xpath"
    LINK_TEXT = "link text"
    PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT = "partial link text"
    NAME = "name"
    TAG_NAME = "tag name"
    CLASS_NAME = "class name"
    CSS_SELECTOR = "css selector"

    _custom_finders: Dict[str, str] = {}


[docs]
    @classmethod
    def register_custom_finder(cls, name: str, strategy: str) -> None:
        cls._custom_finders[name] = strategy



[docs]
    @classmethod
    def get_finder(cls, name: str) -> Optional[str]:
        return cls._custom_finders.get(name) or getattr(cls, name.upper(), None)



[docs]
    @classmethod
    def clear_custom_finders(cls) -> None:
        cls._custom_finders.clear()




ByType = Literal["id", "xpath", "link text", "partial link text", "name", "tag name", "class name", "css selector"]