How to get text with Selenium WebDriver in Python
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I'm trying to get text using Selenium WebDriver and here is my code. Please note that I don't want to use XPath, because in my case the ID gets changed on every relaunch of the web page.
My code:
text = driver.find_element_by_class_name("current-stage").getText("my text")
HTML:
<span class="current-text" id="yui_3_7_0_4_1389185744113_384">my text</span>
How can I fix this?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
You want just .text
.
You can then verify it after you've got it, don't attempt to pass in what you expect it should have.
Solution 2 - Python
Python
element.text
Java
element.getText()
C#
element.Text
Ruby*
element.text
Solution 3 - Python
To print the text my text
you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
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Using class_name and
get_attribute("textContent")
:print(driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "current-stage").get_attribute("textContent"))
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Using css_selector and
get_attribute("innerHTML")
:print(driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "span.current-stage").get_attribute("innerHTML"))
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Using xpath and text attribute:
print(driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//span[@class='current-stage']").text)
Ideally you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located()
and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
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Using CLASS_NAME and
get_attribute("textContent")
:print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CLASS_NAME, "current-stage"))).get_attribute("textContent"))
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Using CSS_SELECTOR and text attribute:
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "span.current-stage"))).text)
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Using XPATH and
get_attribute("innerHTML")
:print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//span[@class='current-stage']"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))
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Note : You have to add the following imports :
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
>You can find a relevant discussion in How to retrieve the text of a WebElement using Selenium - Python
References
Link to useful documentation:
get_attribute()
methodGets the given attribute or property of the element.
text
attribute returnsThe text of the element.
- Difference between text and innerHTML using Selenium
Solution 4 - Python
The answer is:
driver.find_element_by_class_name("ctsymbol").text
Solution 5 - Python
You can use:
element = driver.find_element_by_class_name("class_name").text
This will return the text within the element and will allow you to verify it after that.
Solution 6 - Python
This is the correct answer. It worked!!
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
driver = webdriver.Chrome("E:\\Python\\selenium\\webdriver\\chromedriver.exe")
driver.get("https://www.tatacliq.com/global-desi-navy-embroidered-kurta/p-mp000000000876745")
driver.set_page_load_timeout(45)
driver.maximize_window()
driver.implicitly_wait(2)
driver.get_screenshot_as_file("E:\\Python\\Tatacliq.png")
print ("Executed Successfully")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='pdp-promo-title pdp-title']").click()
SpecialPrice = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='pdp-promo-title pdp-title']").text
print(SpecialPrice)
Solution 7 - Python
I've found this absolutely invaluable when unable to grab something in a custom class or changing id's:
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'Show Next Date Available')]").click()
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'Show Next Date Available')]").text
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'Available')]").text
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'Avail')]").text