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Method submit

py/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py:116–138  ·  view source on GitHub ↗

Submits a form. Example: form = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "login") form.submit()

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114 self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
115
116 def submit(self) -> None:
117 """Submits a form.
118
119 Example:
120 form = driver.find_element(By.NAME, "login")
121 form.submit()
122 """
123 script = (
124 "/* submitForm */var form = arguments[0];\n"
125 'while (form.nodeName != "FORM" && form.parentNode) {\n'
126 " form = form.parentNode;\n"
127 "}\n"
128 "if (!form) { throw Error('Unable to find containing form element'); }\n"
129 "if (!form.ownerDocument) { throw Error('Unable to find owning document'); }\n"
130 "var e = form.ownerDocument.createEvent('Event');\n"
131 "e.initEvent('submit', true, true);\n"
132 "if (form.dispatchEvent(e)) { HTMLFormElement.prototype.submit.call(form) }\n"
133 )
134
135 try:
136 self._parent.execute_script(script, self)
137 except JavascriptException as exc:
138 raise WebDriverException("To submit an element, it must be nested inside a form element") from exc
139
140 def clear(self) -> None:
141 """Clears the text if it's a text entry element.

Callers

nothing calls this directly

Calls 2

WebDriverExceptionClass · 0.90
execute_scriptMethod · 0.45

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