[FIXED] How to locate and click on the recaptcha checkbox using Selenium and Python

Issue

I've already tried in several ways to click this checkbox with selenium and I couldn't. Link: http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/email.do?metodo=apresentar&seqIdPessoa=246740&nomeDestinatario=Maria_Jos%E9_Panichi_Vieira I already tried with XPATH, with CLASS_NAME and others, but the return is always the same:

no such element: Unable to locate element:

Can anyone help me?

Code trials:

from selenium import webdriver
from time import sleep

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from fake_useragent import UserAgent
from capmonster_python import RecaptchaV2Task

class ChromeAuto:
    def __init__(self):
        options = Options()
        ua = UserAgent()
        self.userAgent = ua.random
        print(self.userAgent)
        options.add_argument(f'user-agent={self.userAgent}')
        self.driver_path = r'chromedriver'
        self.options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
        self.options.add_argument('--profile-directory=1')
        self.options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
        self.options.add_experimental_option("useAutomationExtension", False)
        self.captcha = RecaptchaV2Task("c6eea325a7a78273c062d2bb23a2a43d")

        self.chrome = webdriver.Chrome(
            self.driver_path,
            options=self.options
        )
    def test(self):
        self.chrome.get('http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/email.do?metodo=apresentar&seqIdPessoa=246740&nomeDestinatario=Maria_Jos%E9_Panichi_Vieira')
        sleep(5)
        self.chrome.find_element(By.XPATH, '//*[@id="recaptcha-anchor"]/div[1]').click()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    chrome = ChromeAuto()
    chrome.test()

Solution

The ReCaptcha checkbox is within an <iframe> so you have to:

• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.
• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.
• You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

  • Using CSS_SELECTOR:

    driver.get('http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/email.do?metodo=apresentar&seqIdPessoa=246740&nomeDestinatario=Maria_Jos%E9_Panichi_Vieira')
    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe[title='reCAPTCHA']")))
    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.recaptcha-checkbox-border"))).click()
    

  • Using XPATH:

    driver.get('http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/email.do?metodo=apresentar&seqIdPessoa=246740&nomeDestinatario=Maria_Jos%E9_Panichi_Vieira')
    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@title='reCAPTCHA']")))
    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.recaptcha-checkbox-border"))).click()
    

PS: Clicking on the ReCaptcha checkbox opens the image selection panel.

• 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
  

• Browser Snapshot:

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Reference

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

• Switch to an iframe through Selenium and python
• selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element while trying to click Next button with selenium
• selenium in python : NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element

Answered By - undetected Selenium

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (PHPFixing Volunteer)