[FIXED] I want to print the IMDB rating of a movie/series to the terminal after the completion of automation

Issue

I am using Google search for finding the element, as it seems easier to navigate than IMDB.

import selenium.webdriver as webdriver
print("This program finds the imdb rating of a movie or TV series!!!")

def get_results(search_term):
    url="https://www.google.com"
    browser=webdriver.Safari()
    browser.get(url)
    search_box= browser.find_element_by_id("lst-ib")
    search_box.send_keys(search_term)
    search_box.submit()
    links = browser.find_element_by_id("//div[@class = 'slp f']/text()")#this line is problematic, should i use xpath?how?
    print(links)

search_key=input("Enter the movie name : ")
get_results("what is the imdb rating of "+search_key)

and here is the error...

This program finds the imdb rating of a movie or TV series!!!
Enter the movie name : inception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "web1.py", line 15, in <module>
    get_results("what is the imdb rating of "+search_key)
  File "web1.py", line 10, in get_results
    links = browser.find_element_by_id("//div[@class = 'slp f']/text()")
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 353, in find_element_by_id
    return self.find_element(by=By.ID, value=id_)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 957, in find_element
    'value': value})['value']
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 314, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: An element could not be located on the page using the given search parameters.

Please be specific. Thank you!

Solution

I have a little bit changed your code and it works. Added explicit wait and changed selector.

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


print("This program finds the imdb rating of a movie or TV series!!!")

def get_results(search_term):
    url = "https://www.google.com"
    browser = webdriver.Safari()
    browser.get(url)
    search_box= browser.find_element_by_id("lst-ib")
    search_box.send_keys(search_term)
    search_box.submit()
    rating = WebDriverWait(browser, 5).until(
    EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="rso"]/div/div/div[1]/div/div/div[1]/div/div[2]')))
    print(rating.text)
    links = browser.find_elements_by_xpath('//h3/a')
    first_link = links[0].get_attribute('href')
    print(first_link)
    browser.quit()

search_key=input("Enter the movie name : ")
get_results("what is the imdb rating of "+search_key)

Hope, this will help you.

Answered By - Oleksandr Makarenko