How to extract the text using Selenium and Java?

Question

getText(), getAttribute("textContent") is not returning correct result.

This is the html tag with tag:

<span>
class="panel-title text-primary header-font ng-binding" ng-click="titleLink()" style="" xpath="1">Applied Configs: TEST, MSA TEST, MSACONFIGURABLE
</span>

Code trials:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@name,'Applied Configs')]/div[1]")).getAttribute("textContent"));

or

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@name,'Applied Configs')]/div[1]")).getText();

Returning Applied Configs: instead of complete Text Applied Configs: TEST, MSA TEST, MSACONFIGURABLE.

I am not sure what mistake I am doing here.

DebanjanB · Answer 1 · 2020-06-12T21:29:43.567

0

To extract the text Applied Configs: TEST, MSA TEST, MSACONFIGURABLE as the element is a dynamic element, you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibilityOfElementLocated() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using xpath and getText():

System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//span[@class='panel-title text-primary header-font ng-binding' and starts-with(@ng-click, 'titleLink')]"))).getText());

Using xpath and getAttribute("innerHTML"):

System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//span[@class='panel-title text-primary header-font ng-binding' and starts-with(@ng-click, 'titleLink')]"))).getAttribute("innerHTML"));

Update

As an alternative you can induce WebDriverWait for TextToBePresentInElementLocated():

new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElementLocated(By.xpath("//span[@class='panel-title text-primary header-font ng-binding' and starts-with(@ng-click, 'titleLink')][contains(., 'Applied Configs:')]"), ","))
System.out.println(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@class='panel-title text-primary header-font ng-binding' and starts-with(@ng-click, 'titleLink')][contains(., 'Applied Configs:')]")).getAttribute("innerHTML"));

edited Jun 12 '20 at 21:29

answered Jun 12 '20 at 18:16

DebanjanB

118,661
30
168
217

Hello Debanjan, I used above mentioned code but it is printing first instant as with similar xpath I have total 3 element. – Sumit Dhanawat Jun 12 '20 at 18:43
@SumitDhanawat Is there any specific text e.g. `TEST` or something else which is always expected within the innerHTML? – DebanjanB Jun 12 '20 at 18:56
Applied Config: will always expected – Sumit Dhanawat Jun 12 '20 at 19:02
@SumitDhanawat Checkout the updated answer and let me know the status. – DebanjanB Jun 12 '20 at 20:35
Getting timedoutException and not able to understand second line of code. – Sumit Dhanawat Jun 12 '20 at 21:27
@SumitDhanawat My bad, second line was faulty, corrected it. – DebanjanB Jun 12 '20 at 21:30
when I land on that page..... Applied Config tag is not visible is that the reason we are not getting complete text? – Sumit Dhanawat Jun 12 '20 at 22:19
What is `Applied Config` tag? It seems part of the text only. – DebanjanB Jun 13 '20 at 16:54
I realized that element is not visible at first place and that might be the reason that complete text is not printing on Consol. to avoid this I tried to add below line of code JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor) driver; jse.executeScript("window.scrollBy(0,500)"); but nothing is happening on screen – Sumit Dhanawat Jun 15 '20 at 15:28

How to extract the text using Selenium and Java?

1 Answers1

Update