tmp.py

from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
from selenium.common.exceptions import ElementNotSelectableException
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

def qaclickit(driver, bytype, loc, options='') : 
    #
    # required parms
    #
    # driver  -  web page to click on ( driver instance from webdriver )
    # bytype  -  ID, XPATH, CSS, Etc...
    # loc     -  location of where to find the item(s) to click on
    #            BLANK is allowed with the -c or -a option
    #
    # optional flag settings
    #            -a  find all elements of bytype and check them
    #            -q  quit the progam if encounter an error
    #            -c  Click specific elements of bytype
    #                Example:  -C 1,5  will check the 1st and 5th bytype element on the web page
 

    optlist = "a,s,c".split()
    
    doall = False
    quitit = False
    clickspecific = False
    
 
    for i in range(0, len(options.lower())):
        print options[i]
        if options[i] == '-':
            # have opt
            i += 1
            if i >= len(options) :  # never assume anythiing...
                assert 0, "invalid qaclickit options list " + options + " given"
            if options[i] in optlist:
                if options[i] == 'a' :
                    doall = True
                if options[i] == 'q' :
                    quitit = True
                if options[i] == 'c' :
                    clickspecific = True
                    # need to collect which ones to click on 
                    # can have -c 1 or -c 1 , 5,4  or -c1, 2 etc...
                    # so go till have another - or end of the string to collect the specific ones
                                       
            else:
                assert 0, "invalid qaclickit option -" + options[1] + " given"