How do I make Python selenium clicks faster?

Question

How do I make selenium elements click faster?

I have written this script:

import os
import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common import keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

def bot(url, mode=0):
    Firefox.get(url)
    time.sleep(3)
    wait = WebDriverWait(Firefox, 3)
    wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID, 'start')))
    wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, 'start')))
    
    if mode in [0, 1]:
        if Firefox.find_element_by_xpath('//*[text() = "30"]').get_attribute('class') != 'sp_cur':
            wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[text() = "30"]'))).click()
        Firefox.find_element_by_id('start').click()
        wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="clickarena"]')))
        end = time.time() + 30
        actions = ActionChains(Firefox)
        button = Firefox.find_element_by_id('clickarena')
        while time.time() < end:
            if mode == 0:
                button.click()
                # actions.click(button).perform()
                # Firefox.execute_script('document.getElementById("clickarena").click();')
            elif mode == 1:
                Firefox.find_element_by_tag_name('body').send_keys(Keys.SPACE)
    
    elif mode == 2:
        Firefox.find_element_by_id('start').click()
        count = 50
        while count:
            button = Firefox.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@class = "apm-mark" and text() = {0}]'.format(str(count)))
            button.click()
            count -= 1
    
    elif mode == 3:
        Firefox.find_element_by_id('start').click()
        words = ''
        end = time.time() + 120
        body = Firefox.find_element_by_tag_name('body')
        left = Firefox.find_element_by_class_name('left-words')
        while time.time() < end:
            word = left.find_element_by_class_name('word').text
            words += word
            for i in word:
                body.send_keys(i)
                time.sleep(0.04)
            words += ' '
            body.send_keys(Keys.SPACE)
            time.sleep(0.04)
        
        with open(os.environ['USERPROFILE'] + '/Desktop/quotes.txt', mode='a+') as f:
            print(words, file=f)
    
    elif mode == 4:
        Firefox.find_element_by_id('start').click()
        body = Firefox.find_element_by_tag_name('body')
        count = 0
        while count < 5:
            if body.get_attribute('class') == 'arealman r8status-splash':
                body.click()
            while (body.get_attribute('class') in ['arealman r8status-splash', 'arealman r8status-waiting']):
                pass
            if body.get_attribute('class') == 'arealman r8status-go':
                body.click()
            while body.get_attribute('class') != 'arealman r8status-result':
                pass
            body.click()
            count += 1

if __name__ == '__main__':
    Firefox = webdriver.Firefox()
    bot('https://www.arealme.com/click-speed-test/en/')
    time.sleep(1)
    Firefox.switch_to.alert.accept()
    time.sleep(7)
    bot('https://www.arealme.com/spacebar-test/en/', 1)
    time.sleep(1)
    Firefox.switch_to.alert.accept()
    time.sleep(7)
    bot('https://www.arealme.com/apm-actions-per-minute-test/en/', 2)
    time.sleep(7)
    bot('https://www.arealme.com/typing-test/en/', 3)
    time.sleep(7)
    bot('https://www.arealme.com/reaction-test/en/', 4)

And the CPS & APM test results aren't impressive:

CPS:

APM:

At first I thought it is latency bound, I am in China behind the infamous GFW and using a VPN, so I pinged the website:

PS C:\Windows\System32> ping www.arealme.com

Pinging www.arealme.com [172.67.69.35] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.67.69.35: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=58
Reply from 172.67.69.35: bytes=32 time=178ms TTL=58
Reply from 172.67.69.35: bytes=32 time=182ms TTL=58
Reply from 172.67.69.35: bytes=32 time=179ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 172.67.69.35:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 178ms, Maximum = 182ms, Average = 180ms
PS C:\Windows\System32> 1000/180
5.55555555555556

The number seemed to indicate mouse clicks are indeed latency bound.

However it doesn't explain the spacebar test result:

It is significantly faster than the mouse clicks.

So how can I increase mouse clicks per second of Python selenium webdriver?

I have Googled for a solution that clicks faster using many different keywords, and I will spare you the details, I have only found the two commented methods.

The first commented method is subjectively as slow as e.click(), and the second commented line simply does nothing, I admit I am not well versed in javascript, but that line is what I have found on the website where I found it.

How can I increase mouse clicks per second of Python selenium, or is there a more performant library than selenium that is very similar to selenium?

Answer 1

You want to make the Python-Selenium clicks faster? Here's a 407.0km/h / 252.9mph CPS falcon for you:

• Code Block:

  driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=s, options=options)
  driver.get('https://www.arealme.com/click-speed-test/en/')
  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//span[text()='Start']"))).click()
  click_me = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button#clickarena>b")))
  while True:
    try:
        click_me.click()
        continue
    except:
        break
  time.sleep(10) # result calculation
  driver.save_screenshot("falcon.png")
  

• Screenshot taken:

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Whilest an APM Score of 2342

• Code Block:

  driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=s, options=options)
  driver.get('https://www.arealme.com/apm-actions-per-minute-test/en/')
  driver.execute_script("return arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);",  WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//h6[contains(., 'Challenge')]"))))
  driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[@id='start']//span[text()='Start']"))))
  for i in range(50, 0, -1):
    WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//b[text()='{}']".format(str(i))))).click()
  time.sleep(10) # result calculation
  driver.save_screenshot("APMTEST.png")
  

• Screenshot taken: