Python Selenium on AngularJs site

Question

I am trying to automate reading my phone bill from the carrier website. www.fido.ca

However, the site is built with angularjs and I can't find the element using python and selenium webdriver. Please see below for the codes I've tried.

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
url = 'https://www.fido.ca/pages/#/login?m=login'
driver.get(url)
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//a[@id='BC']")))

It returns selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:

Note: I can see the element from the front end, but no idea why webdriver can't see it.

It looks like you aren't logging in though. Or does the webdriver essentially get your current firefox session? — Mahendran Nadesan
– Mahendran Nadesan, Commented Jan 6, 2017 at 15:56
Yes, I am trying to bypass the region select modal pop up first. Stuck at that right now. — Stanley Li
– Stanley Li, Commented Jan 6, 2017 at 22:59

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-06 19:53:50Z

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When you navigate to a page, you would see the overlay "Welcome to Fido!" screen which makes your desired element invisible - hence the timeout error.

Handle the screen by selecting a region and clicking "Continue" or "X" (close).

answered Jan 6, 2017 at 19:53

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Stanley Li Over a year ago

That is what I am trying to do by waiting to see the 'BC' element for me to select. But Python can't see that element. Don't know why.

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