python selenium example (boilerplate) getting started. [search shortcut: sel basic ]

Python Selenium enables you to control a web browser using Python. Here's some boilerplate code I use to get started!

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
from selenium.webdriver import ActionChains

# example of adding options
option = Options()
options.add("--headless")

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=option, executable_path="path/to/chromedriver.exe")

url = "https://www.codingcroc.com"
driver.get(url)

driver.find_element_by_id('element')
driver.find_element_by_name('element')
driver.find_element_by_xpath('element')
driver.find_element_by_link_text('element')
driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text('element')
driver.find_element_by_tag_name('element')
driver.find_element_by_class_name('element')
driver.find_element_by_css_selector('element')

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