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half yarrow Mar 29, 2025, 6:55 AM

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    select_element = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
        EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".DropDown_select__4pIg9"))
    )
    
    selected = Select(select_element)
    selected.select_by_value("-1")

The error is as follows:
An unexpected error occurred while scraping season 2000-01: Message: Cannot locate option with value: -1; For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/troubleshooting/errors#no-such-element-exception

This is weird because, I extracted the value "-1" from the website itself.

<select name="" class="DropDown_select__4pIg9"><option value="-1">All</option><option value="0">1</option><option value="1">2</option><option value="2">3</option><option value="3">4</option><option value="4">5</option><option value="5">6</option><option value="6">7</option><option value="7">8</option><option value="8">9</option></select>
<option value="8">9</option>
<option value="7">8</option>
<option value="6">7</option>
<option value="5">6</option>
<option value="4">5</option>
<option value="3">4</option>
<option value="2">3</option>
<option value="1">2</option>
<option value="0">1</option>
<option value="-1">All</option>
<select name="" class="DropDown_select__4pIg9"><option value="-1">All</option><option value="0">1</option><option value="1">2</option><option value="2">3</option><option value="3">4</option><option value="4">5</option><option value="5">6</option><option value="6">7</option><option value="7">8</option><option value="8">9</option></select>

frail cypressBOT Mar 29, 2025, 6:55 AM

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half yarrow ```py select_element = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until( EC.presence_...

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stable tapir Mar 29, 2025, 7:27 AM

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My guess is that you're either grabbing the wrong <select> element (since there might be duplicates) or the options didnt load by the time you try to select one. Try waiting for the option[value="-1"] to be shown instead of just the dropdown @half yarrow

half yarrow Mar 29, 2025, 7:28 AM

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stable tapir My guess is that you're either grabbing the wrong `<select>` element (since ther...

Yeah it seems to be I'm grabbing the wrong select because there do exist duplicates. Thanks though.

stable tapir Mar 29, 2025, 7:29 AM

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Just make sure your either reduce it by looping through the matches to pick the right innerHTML

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and np

half yarrow Mar 29, 2025, 7:32 AM

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Ahh. I didn't know you could loop through the matches. Thankyou

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i'll try that

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umm @stable tapir How would loop through the matches? I couldn't find anything that returns an iterable of matches. It just seems to return the first match it finds.

stable tapir Mar 29, 2025, 7:41 AM

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You can use find_elements instead of find_element

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Basically your checking each one to see if it has the option you needand once you find the right one it will wrap it with Select()

half yarrow Mar 29, 2025, 7:42 AM

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ahh ok got it.

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thankyou

stable tapir Mar 29, 2025, 7:42 AM

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nppp

half yarrow Mar 29, 2025, 8:13 AM

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Welp now why exactly is it saying this?

 self._set_selected(opt)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
  File "/Users/inheritanc-e/.local/share/virtualenvs/pet_projects-K3ru-czp/lib/python3.13/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/support/select.py", line 214, in _set_selected
    option.click()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/Users/inheritanc-e/.local/share/virtualenvs/pet_projects-K3ru-czp/lib/python3.13/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 119, in click
    self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/inheritanc-e/.local/share/virtualenvs/pet_projects-K3ru-czp/lib/python3.13/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 572, in _execute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/inheritanc-e/.local/share/virtualenvs/pet_projects-K3ru-czp/lib/python3.13/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 429, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/inheritanc-e/.local/share/virtualenvs/pet_projects-K3ru-czp/lib/python3.13/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 232, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message:

And how do i get around it?

half yarrow Mar 29, 2025, 8:32 AM

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!close

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