I am trying to click the first item from a drop down.

I want to use it's index value because the value could be different each time.

I only need to select the 1st item in the drop down for this particular test.

I have tried Select.select_by_index(1)

I am getting the error:

    Traceback (most recent call last):File "C:\Webdriver\ClearCore 501 Regression Test\ClearCore - Regression Test\TestCases\DataPreviewsPage_TestCase.py", line 398, in test_a2_sort_data_preview_advanceddata_previews_view_page.select_option_from_new_sort_drop_down() # Select the sort from the sort drop down to view the sorted fieldsFile "C:\Webdriver\ClearCore 501 Regression Test\ClearCore - Regression Test\Pages\data_previews_view.py", line 144, in select_option_from_new_sort_drop_downSelect.select_by_index(1) # select the 1st item from the sort drop down
TypeError: unbound method select_by_index() must be called with Select instance as first argument (got int instance instead)

My code snippet to call the drop down is:

def select_option_from_new_sort_drop_down(self): # When sort is ready, select the 1st value from the drop to run the sortselect = Select(WebDriverWait(self.driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//option[contains(., "(A-Z)")]'))))Select.select_by_index(1) # select the 1st item from the sort drop down

For python use:

from selenium.webdriver.support.select import Select
my_select = Select( driver.find_element_by_id("some_id") )
my_select.select_by_index(1)