Checking if element exists with Python Selenium

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a)

from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException        
def check_exists_by_xpath(xpath):
    try:
        webdriver.find_element_by_xpath(xpath)
    except NoSuchElementException:
        return False
    return True

b) use xpath – the most reliable. Moreover you can take the xpath as a standard throughout all your scripts and create functions as above mentions for universal use.

UPDATE: I wrote the initial answer over 4 years ago and at the time I thought xpath would be the best option. Now I recommend to use css selectors. I still recommend not to mix/use “by id”, “by name” and etc and use one single approach instead.

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