[Solved] How to get text with Selenium WebDriver in Python

Solution #1:

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

element.text

Java

element.getText()

C#

element.Text

Ruby

element.text

Solution #3:

The answer is:

driver.find_element_by_class_name("ctsymbol").text

Solution #4:

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 #5:

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 #6:

To print the text my text you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using class_name and get_attribute("textContent"):

  print(driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "current-stage").get_attribute("textContent"))
  

• Using css_selector and get_attribute("innerHTML"):

  print(driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "span.current-stage").get_attribute("innerHTML"))
  

• 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:

• 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"))
  

• Using CSS_SELECTOR and text attribute:

  print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "span.current-stage"))).text)
  

• 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"))
  

• 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() method Gets the given attribute or property of the element.
• text attribute returns The text of the element.
• Difference between text and innerHTML using Selenium

Solution #7:

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