How to copy HTML content with Selenium

Question

I am trying to send an email, which is done with HTML and CSS, with Selenium, it appears that it can't get the page itself, only the text, or the code, so is there a way to copy the page.

Tried:

Sending Keys, (Keys.CONTROL + 'A').... (Keys.CONTROL + 'C') and assigning it to a var but didn't get what I want.
Constructing a field in the beginning and manually copy the content and paste it in the field, then getting its value, but same thing, it only gets the text.

no I want to send an email with an html content, so that I can make more designs with css and html, you know ... — Omar Yacop
– Omar Yacop, Commented Jul 25, 2021 at 16:25
For Those who don't know, you can copy a page content and send it in an email, with all its functions and design — Omar Yacop
– Omar Yacop, Commented Jul 25, 2021 at 16:26

Rafael C. · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-12 17:03:54Z

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Basically you need to get the outerHTML attribute from the target element.

Let's say you want to store all the HTML content (tags and text) from the contentEmail ID:

<div id="contentEmail">
   <span>
     My content email here!
     <br>
   </span>
</div>

To do this, you need this:

html_content = self.find_element(By.ID, "contentEmail").get_attribute("outerHTML")
print(html_content)

answered Aug 12, 2021 at 17:03

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cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-26 08:48:41Z

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I found it,

the Sending Keys,

(Keys.CONTROL + 'A')

(Keys.CONTROL + 'C') worked but I just needed to send (Keys.CONTROL + 'V') Not assigning it to a var

edited Jul 26, 2021 at 8:48

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answered Jul 25, 2021 at 16:48

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cruisepandey Over a year ago

Why would you do that ? You can get page resource in Selenium as well.

Omar Yacop Over a year ago

ok you can answer, and I will see if it is a more productive way

Omar Yacop Over a year ago

I need to copy HTML + CSS Page to send it in an email, is there a better way

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