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selenium webdriver django Python

I'm having trouble with I've been banging my head against this for hours. I can't seem to get I'm currently working on a Django web application that uses nested iframes to display some content, and I'm facing an issue when trying to interact with elements inside these iframes using Selenium WebDriver. My target elements are located within a deeply nested iframe structure, and I'm having trouble switching between iframes correctly. Here's the structure of the iframes: the main page contains two iframes, and within the second iframe, there is another iframe that holds the target elements. This is how I'm trying to switch to the nested iframe: ```python from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC # Initialize the Chrome driver driver = webdriver.Chrome() driver.get('http://localhost:8000/my_page/') # Switch to the first iframe WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.ID, 'first_iframe_id'))) # Switch to the second iframe WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.ID, 'second_iframe_id'))) # Now trying to switch to the nested iframe WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.ID, 'nested_iframe_id'))) # Attempt to interact with an element within the nested iframe my_button = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, 'my_button_id'))) my_button.click() ``` Despite following this approach, I keep getting a timeout exception with the message: `TimeoutException: Message: Timeout while waiting for frame to be available and switch to it`. I’ve double-checked the iframe IDs and they seem correct. Also, when I try to print the current URL after switching iframes, it doesn’t change as expected, indicating that I'm likely not switching properly. I’ve tried adding explicit waits and also checking if the elements are present before switching, but nothing seems to work. The page fully loads before the iframe interactions, and I've confirmed that the iframes are not hidden or disabled. I wonder if there might be some specific attribute in the Django template that could be causing this issue. Does anyone have experience with handling nested iframes in Selenium, particularly in a Django context? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! What would be the recommended way to handle this? Has anyone else encountered this? I'm working on a application that needs to handle this. Am I missing something obvious? For context: I'm using Python on Debian. I'm developing on Windows 10 with Python. Any ideas what could be causing this?