Issue

I'm building a python Instagram bot, and I'm trying to get it to click on the DMs icon, but I'm not sure how to select it.

I tried selecting by Xpath, but I can't seem to be able to navigate it to the icon. Here's Instagram's html code for the DMs icon:

<svg aria-label="Messenger" class="_8-yf5 " color="#262626" fill="#262626" height="24" role="img" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24">

Any help is appreciated.

Solution

You have to apply a slightly different locator strategy to find svg.

Here is what works:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//*[name()='svg']")

assuming that this is the only svg element (as provided in your query)

Combination of more than one attribute from the same DOM line:

//*[name()='svg' and @aria-label='Messenger']

Answered By - Anand Gautam

Answer Checked By - Katrina (PHPFixing Volunteer)