[FIXED] Why does my Selenium script fail on password element?

Issue

I have this selenium script that can enter email address, hit the use password button but then fails on entering the password:

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

web = webdriver.Chrome()
web.implicitly_wait(5)
web.get('https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=16&ct=1700481689&rver=7.0.6738.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https%3a%2f%2foutlook.live.com%2fowa%2f%3fcobrandid%3dab0455a0-8d03-46b9-b18b-df2f57b9e44c%26nlp%3d1%26deeplink%3dowa%252f%26RpsCsrfState%3de98b3d70-89d0-6e78-6a87-b7d5b1245a4e&id=292841&aadredir=1&CBCXT=out&lw=1&fl=dob%2cflname%2cwld&cobrandid=ab0455a0-8d03-46b9-b18b-df2f57b9e44c')

EmailSignIn = web.find_element(By.XPATH,"//*[@id='i0116']")
EmailSignIn.send_keys("[email protected]")

web.implicitly_wait(5)

EMailSignInContinueButton = web.find_element(By.XPATH, "//*[@id='idSIButton9']")
EMailSignInContinueButton.click()

web.implicitly_wait(5)

UsePasswordButton = web.find_element(By.XPATH, "//*[@id='idA_PWD_SwitchToPassword']")
UsePasswordButton.click()

web.implicitly_wait(5)

SelectEMailPasswordBox = web.find_element(By.XPATH,"//*[@id='i0118']")
SelectEMailPasswordBox.send_keys("FakePassword")

time.sleep(5)

Had no issues with the rest of the script so I am thinking there must be something funky about password boxes I don't know? Other online information seems outdated. Any help appreciated, thanks!

Tried to run script as above, fails on entering the password. Would like password to be populated in outlook.

Solution

Root cause of the issue: No need of the below line. I don't see anything in the HTML with attribute ID=idA_PWD_SwitchToPassword. (Unless I am missing something, or there is additional screen/button displaying to you but not to me on my system)

UsePasswordButton = web.find_element(By.XPATH, "//*[@id='idA_PWD_SwitchToPassword']")
UsePasswordButton.click()

Check the below working refactored code:

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

web = webdriver.Chrome()
web.maximize_window()
web.get('https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=16&ct=1700481689&rver=7.0.6738.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https%3a%2f%2foutlook.live.com%2fowa%2f%3fcobrandid%3dab0455a0-8d03-46b9-b18b-df2f57b9e44c%26nlp%3d1%26deeplink%3dowa%252f%26RpsCsrfState%3de98b3d70-89d0-6e78-6a87-b7d5b1245a4e&id=292841&aadredir=1&CBCXT=out&lw=1&fl=dob%2cflname%2cwld&cobrandid=ab0455a0-8d03-46b9-b18b-df2f57b9e44c')
wait = WebDriverWait(web,15)

EmailSignIn = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='i0116']")))
EmailSignIn.send_keys("[email protected]")

EMailSignInContinueButton = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='idSIButton9']")))
EMailSignInContinueButton.click()

SelectEMailPasswordBox = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//*[@id='i0118']")))
SelectEMailPasswordBox.send_keys("FakePassword")

time.sleep(20)

Result:

Answered By - Shawn