Trouble choosing options from select menus in Puppeteer

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I’m new to Puppeteer and I’m stuck on a problem. I’m trying to pick an option from a dropdown menu but nothing I’ve tried works. I’ve looked everywhere for answers but no luck.\n\nHere’s what I’ve done so far:\n\njavascript\nconst puppeteer = require('puppeteer');\n\nasync function runBrowser() {\n const browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: false});\n const page = await browser.newPage();\n await page.goto('https://example.com');\n // This is where I want to select from the dropdown\n}\n\nrunBrowser();\n\n\nI’ve tried focusing on the element and then selecting a value but it doesn’t work. I’ve also looked at other examples online but they didn’t help either.\n\nThis is the last thing I need to finish my project. It’s driving me crazy! Any ideas on how to make this work? I’d really appreciate some help.

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I’ve encountered similar issues with Puppeteer before. One approach that’s proven effective is using the page.evaluate() method to interact with the dropdown directly in the page context. Here’s an example:

await page.evaluate(() => {
    const selectElement = document.querySelector('#selectId');
    selectElement.value = 'desiredValue';
    selectElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
});

This method bypasses Puppeteer’s abstraction layer and allows you to manipulate the DOM as if you were writing JavaScript in the browser console. Make sure to replace ‘#selectId’ with the actual selector for your dropdown and ‘desiredValue’ with the value you want to select.

If this doesn’t work, the issue might be with dynamic content loading. In that case, you may need to implement a wait strategy before interacting with the dropdown.

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hey mate, i feel ur pain! puppeteer can b tricky. have u tried using page.select()? it worked 4 me. like this:

await page.select(‘#dropdownId’, ‘optionValue’);

replace the ids with ur actual ones. hope this helps! lmk if u need more help

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I’ve been using Puppeteer for a while now, and selecting options from dropdowns can be a bit finicky. One method that’s worked consistently for me is using page.evaluate() combined with querySelectorAll(). Here’s what I do:

await page.evaluate(() => {
const select = document.querySelector(‘#your-select-id’);
const options = Array.from(select.querySelectorAll(‘option’));
const optionToSelect = options.find(option => option.textContent === ‘Your Option Text’);
optionToSelect.selected = true;
select.dispatchEvent(new Event(‘change’, { bubbles: true }));
});

This approach gives you more control over the selection process. It finds the option by text content, which can be more reliable than using values sometimes. Just make sure to replace ‘your-select-id’ and ‘Your Option Text’ with your actual values.

Also, don’t forget to add a wait before this code to ensure the dropdown is loaded. Something like:

await page.waitForSelector(‘#your-select-id’);

Hope this helps you out! Let me know if you need any clarification.