How to get text from an element with selenium

Question

I am trying to get text from an element and then searching for it in another place, the problem is that when I get the text using .text, I noticed that it misses if there is two spaces, and when it searches in the next page, it can't find it. So is there a way to get text as it is with spaces?

Code:

self.name = session.find_element('xpath', './/a[contains(@href, "name")]').text
self.dataBrowser.find_elements(By.XPATH, f'//tr[child::td[child::div[child::strong[text()="{self.name}"]]]]')

can you share your code including the page you are working on? — Prophet
– Prophet, Commented Sep 17, 2022 at 18:35
sorry @Prophet I can't share the page, but I will add the code — Omar Yacop
– Omar Yacop, Commented Sep 17, 2022 at 18:36

Tal Angel · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-18 08:12:39Z

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Not always the text property will actually hold the text. So, try this:

element = browser.find_element(By.CSS, 'CSS_EXPRESSION')
text = element.get_attribute('text')
if text is None or text is '':
    text = element.get_attribute('value')

If text and value both returns nothing just try reading the innnerHTML attribute.

answered Sep 18, 2022 at 8:12

Tal Angel

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