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Selenium + Python + UnexpectedAlertPresentException: Dealing with annoying alerts

By Viksto
Handling UnexpectedAlertPresentException 

 Alerts who hates them? I Do! Who doesn't hate an annoying alert causing your tests / scraping job to fail?






UnexpectedAlertPresentException

I must say they are pretty much on point on the Unexpected part! Fortunately, there are easy ways to mitigate the issue.

1. Disable alerts completely:



driver.execute_script('window.alert = function(){};');














execute this script just before where you anticipate the alert and you're golden.









2. You want to see the alert text but not disturb the execution flow.










driver.execute_script('window.alert = console.info;');














Now the alerts have been redirected to the console and you don't have to worry about them. (Unless you have to - then you'd have to monitor the console)









3. You know exactly when it comes and want to accept the alert and move on.












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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException

try:
    WebDriverWait(browser, 3).until(EC.alert_is_present(),
                                   'Timed out waiting for popup to appear.')
    alert = browser.switch_to.alert
    alert_text = alert.text
    alert.accept()
    print("alert accepted, it was saying: ", alert_text)
except TimeoutException:
    print("No alert caught")




















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Comments









  1. TravisDecember 9, 2018 at 8:55 PM
    Viksto, Thats a great one! I am going to implement this as soon I can.
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