click datepicker using Selenium + Python + ChromeDriver

[Shay Ben David]

Hi all,

I'm a newbie in coding,

i'm trying to find a way to click a calendar using python with selenium + chrome web driver, but cannot find the 'clickable' element.

URL: https://www.sanparks.org/bookings (requires registration/login)

i've attached the website's html and a snapshot of the calendar element inspection in chrome.

Appreciate you help!

Thanks

[Shiva Prasad Adirala]

Hi,

I have gone through website. Input tag has read-only attributes. Following are the steps need to be performed to select date

1. Click on date picker input tag
    webDriver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".datePickerContainer input")).click();

2. Select next to get specific month

    webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[text()='Next']")).click();

3. Select date

    webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("(//a[text()='14'])[3]")).click();

Snippet:

                webDriver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".datePickerContainer input")).click();

// Click on next to get August month

webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[text()='Next']")).click();

// Xpath: (//a[text()='DATE'])[MONTH_1/2/3]

// Explanation: I want to select 14th date from August //a[text()='14']

// There are only 3 months active in window. so August is the 3rd month [3]

webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("(//a[text()='14'])[3]")).click();

For better code - please go through datepicker in selenium Hope this help you to select date.

Thanks,

Shiva

[Shay Ben David]

Dude you definitely nailed it!

Works perfect, i've also managed to get the value of available rooms in specific dates and call another py for SMTP alert.

Thanks alot!

בתאריך יום ראשון, 27 במאי 2018 בשעה 19:54:58 UTC+3, מאת Shiva Prasad Adirala: