Selenium WebDriver cannot find element

Question

Here is the sample webpage code

<div class="size1of2 fllt">
    <div id="iad-service" class="tmargin2 rite fllt service-check"></div>
    <div class="fk-font-13 fk-font-regular">hi</div>
</div>

I want to find the "class" element using Selenium WebDriver.

Here is the code I tried.

String abc = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[contains(@id,'iad-service')]/@class")).getText();
System.out.println(abc);

When I tried this code(//div[contains(@id,'iad-service')]/@class) in the XPath Checker Addon, I am getting this output.

tmargin2 rite fllt service-check

But using WebDriver, I am getting an error. I want the output to be the content of the class which is.

tmargin2 rite fllt service-check

Where am I doing wrong?

@guido Unable to find element //div[contains(@id,'iad-service')]/@class — Hideandseek
– Hideandseek, Commented Sep 30, 2014 at 17:43
do you wait until your element is present or are you trying to find it immediatly, taking the risk of that is isn't already loaded? — sschrass
– sschrass, Commented Sep 30, 2014 at 17:46

guido · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-30 17:47:25Z

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You need to fetch the div element, then retrive the class attribute value:

String abc = driver.findElement
               (By.xpath("//div[contains(@id,'iad-service')]")).getAttribute("class");

answered Sep 30, 2014 at 17:47

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Juhi Saxena · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-08 15:17:31Z

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You can use this:

WebElement id=wd.findElement(By.id("iad-service"));
    String className=id.getAttribute("class");

answered Oct 8, 2014 at 15:17

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