NoSuchElementException - Unable to locate element: {"method":"tag name","selector":"span"}

[FarzadAvari]

Hello,

I was running the below code to scrape a profile but couldn't scrape and got the below mentioned error. I would request you to please help me resolve my error and point out my mistake if any. Thank you in advance.

`from linkedin_scraper import Person, actions
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

email = '[email protected]'
password = 'abc123'
actions.login(driver, email, password) # if email and password isnt given, it'll prompt in terminal

person = Person("https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-kumar-verma-3a794238/",driver=driver,scrape=True,close_on_complete=False)
driver.implicitly_wait(10)
person.scrape()
`
Output:
NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"tag name","selector":"span"}
(Session info: chrome=114.0.5735.199); For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/troubleshooting/errors#no-such-element-exception
Stacktrace:
Backtrace:
GetHandleVerifier [0x010FA813+48355]
(No symbol) [0x0108C4B1]
(No symbol) [0x00F95358]
(No symbol) [0x00FC09A5]
(No symbol) [0x00FC0B3B]
(No symbol) [0x00FB9AE1]
(No symbol) [0x00FDA784]
(No symbol) [0x00FB9A36]
(No symbol) [0x00FDAA94]
(No symbol) [0x00FEC922]
(No symbol) [0x00FDA536]
(No symbol) [0x00FB82DC]
(No symbol) [0x00FB93DD]
GetHandleVerifier [0x0135AABD+2539405]
GetHandleVerifier [0x0139A78F+2800735]
GetHandleVerifier [0x0139456C+2775612]
GetHandleVerifier [0x011851E0+616112]
(No symbol) [0x01095F8C]
(No symbol) [0x01092328]
(No symbol) [0x0109240B]
(No symbol) [0x01084FF7]
BaseThreadInitThunk [0x76C500C9+25]
RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath [0x77837B4E+286]
RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath [0x77837B1E+238]

[amitbhargav0404]

same problem here ....

[FarzadAvari]

Could it be because LinkedIn stopped allowing web scrapping from their page ?

[Kiru6ik]

What version of linkedin_scraper are you using? Try updating to the latest version. Can you provide the whole error message with the reference to the lines that cause problem? It might be covered in #173

[amitbhargav0404]

`from linkedin_scraper import Person, actions
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

email = "[email protected]"
password = "#888dd88d8d8"
actions.login(driver, email, password)
person = Person("https://in.linkedin.com/in/amit-bhargav", driver=driver)

person_scrape=person.scrape()
print(person_scrape)

driver.close()`

NoSuchElementException Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[1], line 8
6 password = "##888dd88d8d8"
7 actions.login(driver, email, password)
----> 8 person = Person("https://in.linkedin.com/in/amit-bhargav", driver=driver)
10 person_scrape=person.scrape()
11 print(person_scrape)

File ~/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/linkedin_scraper/person.py:64, in Person.init(self, linkedin_url, name, about, experiences, educations, interests, accomplishments, company, job_title, contacts, driver, get, scrape, close_on_complete, time_to_wait_after_login)
61 self.driver = driver
63 if scrape:
---> 64 self.scrape(close_on_complete)

File ~/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/linkedin_scraper/person.py:89, in Person.scrape(self, close_on_complete)
87 def scrape(self, close_on_complete=True):
88 if self.is_signed_in():
---> 89 self.scrape_logged_in(close_on_complete=close_on_complete)
90 else:
91 print("you are not logged in!")

File ~/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/linkedin_scraper/person.py:285, in Person.scrape_logged_in(self, close_on_complete)
280 driver.execute_script(
281 "window.scrollTo(0, Math.ceil(document.body.scrollHeight/1.5));"
282 )
...
#17 0x55f064fd86b8
#18 0x55f064fd8847
#19 0x55f064fe8243
#20 0x7f4ad1eff609 start_thread

[FarzadAvari]

My error is also pointing to the below mentioned line. I have updated the libraries to the latest ones. Yet getting this error.

person = Person("https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-kumar-verma-3a794238/",driver=driver,scrape=True,close_on_complete=False)