Message: stale element reference: element is not attached to the page document in Python

Solution 1:

To retrieve the details of contributions avoiding stale element reference you can use the following solution:

  • Code Block:

    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
    
    years = []
    options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
    options.add_argument("start-maximized")
    options.add_argument('disable-infobars')
    driver=webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
    driver.get("https://github.com/agronholm")
    contributions = WebDriverWait(driver, 5).until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='profile-timeline-year-list js-profile-timeline-year-list bg-white js-sticky float-right col-2 pl-5']/ul[@class='filter-list small']//li/a")))
    for item in contributions:
        print(item.get_attribute("innerHTML"))
        years.append(item.get_attribute("href"))
    for year in years:
        driver.get(year)
        print(WebDriverWait(driver, 5).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='js-yearly-contributions']//h2[@class='f4 text-normal mb-2']"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))
    
  • Console Output:

          2018
    
    
          2017
    
    
          2016
    
    
          2015
    
    
          2014
    
    
          2013
    
    
          2012
    
    
          2011
    
    
          2010
    
    
          2009
    
    
          260 contributions in the last year
    
    
          637 contributions in 2017
    
    
          770 contributions in 2016
    
    
          298 contributions in 2015
    
    
          239 contributions in 2014
    
    
          101 contributions in 2013
    
    
          113 contributions in 2012
    
    
          90 contributions in 2011
    
    
          16 contributions in 2010
    
    
          2 contributions in 2009
    
  • Here you can find a detailed discussion on StaleElementReference Exception in PageFactory