submit.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
import time
def submit_app(ref):
    driver=webdriver.Chrome('/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver')
    driver.get('https://www.immobilienscout24.de'+ref+'#/basicContact/email')
    driver.implicitly_wait(10)

    try:
        el = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-salutation')
        for option in el.find_elements_by_tag_name('option'):
            if option.text == 'Herr':
                option.click() # select() in earlier versions of webdriver
                break
        last_name = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-lastName')
        last_name.send_keys("last name")
        first_name = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-firstName')
        first_name.send_keys("first name")
        email = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-emailAddress')
        email.send_keys("youremail@gmail.com")
        street = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-street')
        street.send_keys("your current living street")
        house = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-houseNumber')
        house.send_keys("room number")
        post = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-postcode')
        post.send_keys("postcode")
        city = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-city')
        city.send_keys("city")
        text_area = driver.find_element_by_id('contactForm-Message')
        text_area.clear()
        #text_area.send_keys("\n Hello, test")
        text_area.send_keys(u"Hallo,\n\n your message to the landlord. keep the 'u' before the message to make showing German in the message available. use \n as newline in your message.")
        submit_button1 = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[@data-ng-click='submit()' or contains(.,'Anfrage senden')]")
        #driver.implicitly_wait(10)
        time.sleep(5) #may not be required
        submit_button1.click()
        time.sleep(3) #may not be required
        #driver.implicitly_wait(10)

        submit_button = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//button[@data-ng-click='submit()' or contains(.,'Anfrage senden')]")
    except NoSuchElementException as e:
        print("Unable to find HTML element")
        print("".join(traceback.TracebackException.from_exception(e).format()))
    finally:
        driver.quit()