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python - TypeError: 'WebElement' object is not iterable error

I am trying to extract all the links from wikipedia homepage but this code showing TypeError: 'WebElement' object is not iterable error.

import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

browser=webdriver.Chrome()
browser.get('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page')
search=[]
search=browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@href]')


for ii in search:
  print(ii.get_attribute('href'))

time.sleep(4)
browser.close()  
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The problem is that you are using find_element_by_xpath which return only one WebElement (which is not iterable), the find_elements_by_xpath return a list of WebElements.

Solution: replace find_element_by_xpath with find_elements_by_xpath

Reference: selenium-python docs


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