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I want to select a nested iframe within an iframe with the selenium webdriver module in node-js.

For example:

<iframe id="firstframe">
   <div id="firstdiv"></div>
   <iframe id="secondframe">
     <div id="seconddiv"></div>
   </iframe>
</iframe>

for the node-js part:

driver.switchTo().defaultContent();
driver.switchTo().frame("firstframe");   // --> works
driver.switchTo().frame("secondframe");  // --> NoSuchFrameError


iframes = driver.findElements(webdriver.By.tagName('iframe')).then(function(elements){
            console.log(elements.length); // --> if I put this code before the switch to first frame output: 1, if I put it after output: 0)
            });

I tried using the index number but this also failed.

Edit:

Ok, I figured it out but my answer got deleted by user @casparOne for some reason. If anyone still wonders what the problem was here goes:

My code above works, just not locally. Chrome's security settings refuse to go deeper in an iframe on a local file. Hence it didn't even show the source code for the iframe.

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Before switching to the secondframe try to switch back to default content. –  Alexander Petrovich Dec 5 '13 at 15:24
    
Getting a NoSuchFrameError as well. –  F. Rakes Dec 5 '13 at 15:32

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I've done this kind of thing before a few times. Try putting a 1 second pause between the swtich frames. (Sometimes) you need to give Selenium (or the browser) enough time for the frame DOM to load before you try another switch.

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driver.switchTo().frame("firstframe"); setTimeout(function(){driver.switchT‌​o().frame("secondframe");}, 5000); still getting NoSuchFrameError. I also tried using a .then()-promise after the first. –  F. Rakes Dec 5 '13 at 15:50
    
You can troubleshoot by using XPath to get all elements from the dom matching tag name "iframe". –  djangofan Dec 5 '13 at 19:56
    
What about: driver.switchTo().frame("firstframe"); driver.sleep("2000"); driver.switchTo().frame("secondframe"); Webdriver js manages selenium promises by using what is called a "Control Flow", basically it's a promises manager (code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/WebDriverJs#Control_Flows). Try using "official" waiters instead of setTimeout. In this case driver.sleep should do the job. –  cSn May 12 at 18:06
    
I think that "Control Flow" think you refer to is an older Selenium 1.0 thing? –  djangofan May 12 at 23:17
    
I have done similar, it is so weird to use timeouts for this. –  Shane May 15 at 17:14

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