How to get attribute of element from Selenium?

Python Selenium Selenium Webdriver Webdriver Getattribute

Python Problem Overview

I'm working with Selenium in Python. I would like to get the .val() of a <select> element and check that it is what I expect.

This is my code:

def test_chart_renders_from_url(self):
    url = 'http://localhost:8000/analyse/'
    self.browser.get(url)
    org = driver.find_element_by_id('org')
    # Find the value of org?

How can I do this? The Selenium docs seem to have plenty about selecting elements but nothing about attributes.

Python Solutions

Solution 1 - Python

You are probably looking for get_attribute(). An example is shown here as well

def test_chart_renders_from_url(self):
    url = 'http://localhost:8000/analyse/'
    self.browser.get(url)
    org = driver.find_element_by_id('org')
    # Find the value of org?
	val = org.get_attribute("attribute name")

Solution 2 - Python

Python

element.get_attribute("attribute name")

Java

element.getAttribute("attribute name")

Ruby*

element.attribute("attribute name")

element.GetAttribute("attribute name");

Solution 3 - Python

As the recent developed Web Applications are using JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, ReactJS etc there is a possibility that to retrieve an attribute of an element through Selenium you have to induce WebDriverWait to synchronize the WebDriver instance with the lagging Web Client i.e. the Web Browser before trying to retrieve any of the attributes.

Some examples:

Python:
- To retrieve any attribute from a visible element (e.g. <h1> tag) you need to use the expected_conditions as visibility_of_element_located(locator) as follows:
```
attribute_value = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID, "org"))).get_attribute("attribute_name")
```
- To retrieve any attribute from an interactive element (e.g. <input> tag) you need to use the expected_conditions as element_to_be_clickable(locator) as follows:
```
attribute_value = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "org"))).get_attribute("attribute_name")
```

HTML Attributes

Below is a list of some attributes often used in HTML

Note: A complete list of all attributes for each HTML element, is listed in: HTML Attribute Reference

Content Type	Original Author	Original Content on Stackoverflow
Question	Richard	View Question on Stackoverflow
Solution 1 - Python	Saifur	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 2 - Python	Shubham Jain	View Answer on Stackoverflow
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