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Reference:selenium-python.readthedocs.io

Methods

These are the recommended methods:

Single element	Multiple elements
`find_element`	`find_elements`

These methods has been deprecated:

Single element	Multiple elements
`find_element_by_id`	-
`find_element_by_name`	`find_elements_by_name`
`find_element_by_xpath`	`find_elements_by_xpath`
`find_element_by_link_text`	`find_elements_by_link_text`
`find_element_by_partial_link_text`	`find_elements_by_partial_link_text`
`find_element_by_tag_name`	`find_elements_by_tag_name`
`find_element_by_class_name`	`find_elements_by_class_name`
`find_element_by_css_selector`	`find_elements_by_css_selector`

python

element = browser.find_element(By.ID, 'foo')

Nesting is possible.

python

browser.find_element(By.ID, 'foo').find_element(By.ID, 'boo')

Get the parent element.

python

parent = browser.find_element(By.ID, 'child').find_element(By.XPATH, '..')