[FIXED] script to download all files from a drop down list

Issue

I would like to write a script (on this webpage) to select the first county, click Generate Excel (the file will download), select the second county, click Generate Excel, and so forth for all the counties.

What I have so far:

import pytest
import time
import json
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
driver = webdriver.Chrome('/usr/bin/chromedriver')
 driver.get("https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/LGCentral/DisposalReporting/Origin/ExportByCounty")

driver.set_window_size(1920, 1048)
dropdown = driver.find_element(By.ID, "CountyID")
dropdown.find_element(By.XPATH, "//option[. = '[Alameda]']").click()
element = driver.find_element(By.ID, "CountyID")
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.move_to_element(element).click_and_hold().perform()
element = driver.find_element(By.ID, "CountyID")
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.move_to_element(element).perform()
element = driver.find_element(By.ID, "CountyID")
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.move_to_element(element).release().perform()
driver.find_element(By.ID, "SearchButton").click()

The issue is that I need to change "//option[. = '[Alameda]']" to each county which would be time-consuming. Is there a way I can cycle through a list of the counties? Or I can select all the available counties?

THANK YOU for your time and help with this. I value any feedback/ideas/comments.

Solution

You can capture the option tag inside the select element and loop through it.

This should work for you (tested on Windows 10; Chrome version 100):

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
import time


driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='D://chromedriver/100/chromedriver.exe')
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 20)

url = "https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/LGCentral/DisposalReporting/Origin/ExportByCounty"

driver.get(url)

select_el = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//select[@id="CountyID"]')))
counties = select_el.find_elements(By.TAG_NAME, 'option')
total_counties = len(counties)

# len - 1 because the 1st option is blank
print(f"Total counties: {total_counties - 1}")
btn = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, '//button[@id="SearchButton"]')

for i in range(1, len(counties)):
    print(f"Clicking County - {counties[i].text}")
    counties[i].click()
    btn.click()
    time.sleep(2)

Answered By - Shine J