submit_wg.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):
    # change the location of the driver on your machine
    # create ChromeOptions object
    chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
    
    # add the argument to reuse an existing tab
    chrome_options.add_argument("--reuse-tab")
    
    # create the ChromeDriver object
    driver = webdriver.Chrome('/usr/local/bin/chromedriver', options=chrome_options)
    driver.get('https://www.wg-gesucht.de/nachricht-senden/' + ref)
    driver.implicitly_wait(10)
    accept_button = driver.find_elements("xpath", "//*[contains(text(), 'Accept all')]")[0]
    accept_button.click()
    konto_button = driver.find_elements("xpath", "//*[contains(text(), 'Mein Konto')]")[0]
    konto_button.click()
    driver.implicitly_wait(5)
    email = driver.find_element('id', 'login_email_username')
    email.send_keys('your email address')
    driver.implicitly_wait(5)
    passwd = driver.find_element('id', 'login_password')
    passwd.send_keys('your password')
    driver.implicitly_wait(5)
    login_button1 = driver.find_element('id', 'login_submit')
    driver.implicitly_wait(5)
    login_button1.click()
    driver.implicitly_wait(5)
    try:
        se_button1 = driver.find_element('id', 'sicherheit_bestaetigung')
        se_button1.click()
    except:
        print("No sicherheit check")

    try:
        timestamp = driver.find_element('id', 'message_timestamp')
        print("Timestamp = ", timestamp)
	    print("Message has been sent. Will skip")
        driver.quit()
    except:
	    print("No message has been sent. Will send now...")

    text_area = driver.find_element('id','message_input')
    text_area.clear()
    
    # read your message from a file
    try:
        message_file = open('./message.txt', 'r')
        message = message_file.read()
        print(message)
        text_area.send_keys(message)
        message_file.close()
    except:
        print("message.txt file not found!")
        return 0

    # driver.implicitly_wait(10)
    time.sleep(5)  # may not be required
    try:
        submit_button = driver.find_element('xpath', "//button[@data-ng-click='submit()' or contains(.,'Nachricht senden')]")
        submit_button.click()
    except NoSuchElementException:
        print("Cannot find submit button!")
        driver.quit()
    driver.quit()