Selenium Wait for user to click on alert dialog box in python

Question

I have created a dialog box in browser (this Happens when an error occurs in user input details). What I need is to wait until the user clicks on the dialog box before preceding with automatic execution (only for testing). Here is what I have

# driver is a chrome web driver
driver.execute_script("alert('qwer');")
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)    
element = wait.until(EC.alert_is_present())

I tried to search online but only got an answer when a user clicks on a button inside a webpage but not on a generated dialog box. How to do it (if possible)?

Hey There, are you looking for a way to wait until the alert box is visible, or would a way to interact with the alert box be useful at all? — James m
– James m, Commented May 26, 2019 at 14:08
You could try to use the builtin time module. I forgot which function you have to call, but there is one that waits for an action, and then executes the following code. — Arnav Poddar
– Arnav Poddar, Commented May 26, 2019 at 14:16
Also out of curiosity - What is the variable "EC" in your posted code? Thanks :) — James m
– James m, Commented May 26, 2019 at 15:00
I just want to wait until the user clicks on the dialog box. Similar to alert,accept() but done by the user. — mj1261829
– mj1261829, Commented May 26, 2019 at 15:23

Smart Manoj · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-27 10:28:48Z

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from time import sleep
while EC.alert_is_present()(driver):
    sleep(30)

If you simply want to alert the user then use pymsgbox or Telegram API to send him a message,

from pymsgbox import alert
alert("Hey User")

edited May 27, 2019 at 10:28

answered May 26, 2019 at 14:54

Smart Manoj

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mj1261829 Over a year ago

Here you are just waiting for a an amount of time. So, it is not possible check for user click?!

Smart Manoj Over a year ago

See the while condition

mj1261829 Over a year ago

Well, it keeps running forever even after I click on ok.

Smart Manoj Over a year ago

Even after 30s? Reduce the seconds.

mj1261829 Over a year ago

If the alert is closed and I try driver.switch_to.alert I get no NoAlertPresentException. So, I think I will catch the exception exit loop when it happens. Thank you.

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