python 3.x - How to get rid of the hardcoded sleep()?

Question

def textfield(boxid,textadded):
    project = driver.find_element_by_id(boxid)
    project.send_keys(textadded)
    sleep(3)

def dropdown(dropdownid, dropdownvalue):
    select = Select(driver.find_element_by_id(dropdownid))
    select.select_by_visible_text(dropdownvalue)
    sleep(5)

These 2 functions are functional however i'm using sleep() which is a bad practice since some my drop-downs and text fields will take longer than others to fill so i have to put the longest sleep value not to get errors, how can i fix these 2 functions using wait.

Answer 1

You can explicitly wait for the element. Read more about waits here. Please note that this is not the official documentation.

#.....
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
#......
select=WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID ,dropdownid)))
#....