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How can I select the job search box in selenium?

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I've used selenium before but this search box is posing difficult to select. 

<div class="jobs-search-box__input jobs-search-box__input--keyword">
  <button class="jobs-search-box__input-icon" type="button" data-ember-action="" data-ember-action-489="489">
    <li-icon type="search-icon" role="img" aria-label="Search"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24px" height="24px" x="0" y="0" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet" class="artdeco-icon" focusable="false"><path d="M21,19.67l-5.44-5.44a7,7,0,1,0-1.33,1.33L19.67,21ZM10,15.13A5.13,5.13,0,1,1,15.13,10,5.13,5.13,0,0,1,10,15.13Z" class="large-icon" style="fill: currentColor"></path></svg></li-icon>
  </button>

<artdeco-typeahead-deprecated id="ember490" class="ember-view"><artdeco-typeahead-deprecated-input id="ember491" class="ember-view">  <input class="artdeco-typeahead-deprecated-input__ghost-text" placeholder="" aria-label="Search jobs" aria-hidden="true" disabled="" type="text">

<input role="combobox" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" aria-autocomplete="list" aria-invalid="false" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Search jobs" id="jobs-search-box-keyword-id-ember488" placeholder="Search jobs" type="text">
</artdeco-typeahead-deprecated-input>
<!----><!----></artdeco-typeahead-deprecated></div>

I want to be able to send keys. I've been successful in selecting the text box, and my prior searches show up, but then I get an error "element is not interactable", suggesting I need to somehow find the input element.

python selenium xpath css-selectors webdriverwait
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DebanjanB On

The desired element is an Ember.js enabled element so to locate the element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the element to be clickable and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

  • Using CSS_SELECTOR:

    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[id^='jobs-search-box-keyword-id-'][placeholder='Search jobs']"))).send_keys("Greg Black")

  • Using XPATH:

    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[starts-with(@id, 'jobs-search-box-keyword-id-') and @placeholder='Search jobs']"))).send_keys("Greg Black")
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QHarr On

I would consider the following css selector. You might not even need the input and simply use [placeholder="Search jobs"]:

input[placeholder="Search jobs"]

With a wait

WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR,'input[placeholder="Search jobs"]')))

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