
## Overview
Selenium is a powerful tool for programmatically manipulating an internet browser. All major browsers can use it, and it runs on all major operating systems. It has scripts written in many different languages, including Python, Java, C#, and so on. 

Install selenium python using `pip`.



## The `Select` class

The `Select` class in selenium is used to handle dropdowns.

The methods available in the `Select` class to select an option from the drop-down are mentioned below.


## The `select_by_visible_text()` method

The `select_by_visible_text()` method selects all options that display text matching the argument. 

The syntax to use the method is as follows:

> **Note:** The `text` is the visible text to match against.

## The `select_by_value()` method

The `select_by_value()` method selects all options that have a value matching the argument. 

The syntax to use the method is as follows:

> **Note**: Where `value` is the value to match against.

## `select_by_index()` method

The `select_by_index()` method selects the option at the given index.

The syntax to use the method is as follows:





The option at the given `index` will be selected.


## Code

import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path="path to driver") 
url = ""
driver.get(url)
drop_down_node = driver.find_element_by_id('#dropdown')
drop = Select(drop_down_node)
drop.select_by_index(2)
time.sleep(4)
driver.close()


## Explanation

- Line 4: We create an instance of the firefox driver.
- Line 5: We define the URL to which is to be retrieved.
- Line 6: We use the driver to open the URL in the selenium browser.
- Line 7: We use the `find_element_by_id` method to retrieve the element with the ID `dropdown`.
- Line 8: We create an instance of the `Select` class with the retrieved drop down from Line 7.
- Line 9: We select the 2nd index of the dropdown.
- Line 10: The program is in sleep for 4 seconds so that we can observe the option from the selected dropdown.


How to select a value from a dropdown using Selenium webdriver

Use Selenium's Select class to handle dropdowns with methods: select_by_visible_text, select_by_value, and select_by_index.

How to select a value from a dropdown using Selenium webdriver

Overview

The Select class

The select_by_visible_text() method

The select_by_value() method

select_by_index() method

Code

Explanation

The `Select` class

The `select_by_visible_text()` method

The `select_by_value()` method

`select_by_index()` method