how to handle dynamically changing iframe id using selenium webdriver

[Jay Kosgi Sharaff]

iframe id=pngNewCase1143241142570_IFrame., this id changes dynamically every time how can i handle this in selenium webdriver java I tried using driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.xpath("Xpath of Iframe which changes dynamically"))); driver.switchTo().defaultContent(); but dint work for me

also tried driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.Id("pngNewCase1143241142570_IFrame"))); driver.switchTo().defaultContent();

can anyone help me please

I am getting element not found exception 

[Biswajit Samal]

Hi Jay

you can try with xpath by following the annotation-->  driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.xpath(//HTML tag[starts-with(@id,pngNewCase])));
                                                                             driver.switchTo().defaultContent();

[DongXiang]

Is there any rules for the dynamic id change? if yes, you can generate the id dynamically based on the rule. 

If no rule can found, does the location of the IFrame is fixed? if it is fixed, you can use XPATH to locate the iframe.

If above all not matched, how may iframes do you have on the web page and what's the position for this iframe.

you can search all iframe and select expect one by the position. of course, it is better to ask your developer to add a fix id or name on this iframe.

Best Regards,

--david

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[Priyanshu Shekhar]

If you are sure about the position of iframe then you can go with below code

             WebElement parentOfIframe = driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath"));
            List<WebElement> framesToSelect= parentOfIframe.findElements(By.tagName("iframe"));

            driver.switchTo().frame(framesToSelect.get(0));  //If your required frame is at first position