How to get rid of timeouts?

Question

Python

Using selenium, I simulate a click on an element like this:

import time
from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome('/home/qwe/chromedriver')
driver.get('https://www.avito.ru/saransk/kvartiry/1-k_kvartira_47_m_25_et._1610295577');  # действие 1
time.sleep(1)

hide_phone_el = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('a.item-phone-button_hide-phone')  # действие 2
hide_phone_el.click()
time.sleep(1)

print('the end')

I do not quite understand whether it is necessary to use asynchronous things like asyncio instead of timeouts here, or here action 2 will be executed only after the successful / unsuccessful completion of action 1

Answer 1

Only after. But not always, because selenium is full of magic. Use explicit waits , this is the best way.

Answer 2

The next line can be executed, but if there is no element in it, then there will be an exception.
Asynchronous page loads, unpredictable DOM changes?
I think for this you need to use methods like wait until element is visible, do checks is present, is displayed etc.
In practice, there was such a thing, with very complex and inconsistent behavior. Use up to try / except, catching exceptions and tweaking behavior.