def getby(self, by=By.ID, ident=None, is_list=False, timeout=60):
if is_list:
getter_lambda = lambda x: x.find_elements(by, ident)
else:
getter_lambda = lambda x: x.find_element(by, ident)
try:
el = WebDriverWait(self.driver, timeout=timeout).until(getter_lambda)
except NoSuchElementException as e:
print "element {} not found".format(ident)
return None
self.dbg("DBG: found {}: {}", ident, el.__str__())
return el
