Input:
<input type="text" name="username" value="TestLeaf" align="left" style="width:350px" xpath="1">
<div>**TestLeaf**</div>
</input>
Code in Selenium Python:
textGet = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='username' and @value='TestLeaf']").get_text
print(textGet)
Result: Shows the error
"AttributeError: 'WebElement' object has no attribute 'get_text'"
Please assist me that how to get the text in between the starting and ending tag
To get the text simply do the following.
textGet = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='username' and @value='TestLeaf']").text
.get_text is not the valid way to do so.
This error message...
"AttributeError: 'WebElement' object has no attribute 'get_text'"
...implies that in your program you have invoked the get_text attribute, which is not a valid WebElement attribute. Instead you need to use the text attribute.
To print the text TestLeaf you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using xpath and get_attribute():
print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='username' and @value='TestLeaf']/div").get_attribute("innerHTML"))
Using xpath and text attribute:
print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@name='username' and @value='TestLeaf']/div").text)
Ideally, to print the text you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using xpath and get_attribute():
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "/input[@name='username' and @value='TestLeaf']/div"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))
Using xpath and text attribute:
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//input[@name='username' and @value='TestLeaf']/div"))).text)
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
Link to useful documentation:
get_attribute() method Gets the given attribute or property of the element.text attribute returns The text of the element.