How to get Text from a div element returns just a “.” with Selenium
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I have a div element which looks like below.
I identify this element with the following xpath.
//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]
Selenium identifies this element and loads the WebElement object. But when I go to get its text, I'm just getting a "." as shown below instead of getting "Purchase to pay process". What am I doing wrong here? I checked the chrome console and there's no other element matching this xpath.
Any help would be much appreciated.
java selenium xpath css-selectors webdriverwait
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I have a div element which looks like below.
I identify this element with the following xpath.
//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]
Selenium identifies this element and loads the WebElement object. But when I go to get its text, I'm just getting a "." as shown below instead of getting "Purchase to pay process". What am I doing wrong here? I checked the chrome console and there's no other element matching this xpath.
Any help would be much appreciated.
java selenium xpath css-selectors webdriverwait
edited Nov 20 at 5:01
DebanjanB
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asked Nov 20 at 4:36
mayooran
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I have a div element which looks like below.
I identify this element with the following xpath.
//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]
Selenium identifies this element and loads the WebElement object. But when I go to get its text, I'm just getting a "." as shown below instead of getting "Purchase to pay process". What am I doing wrong here? I checked the chrome console and there's no other element matching this xpath.
Any help would be much appreciated.
java selenium xpath css-selectors webdriverwait
edited Nov 20 at 5:01
DebanjanB
37.7k73375
asked Nov 20 at 4:36
mayooran
1,65932856
I have a div element which looks like below.
I identify this element with the following xpath.
//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]
Selenium identifies this element and loads the WebElement object. But when I go to get its text, I'm just getting a "." as shown below instead of getting "Purchase to pay process". What am I doing wrong here? I checked the chrome console and there's no other element matching this xpath.
Any help would be much appreciated.
java selenium xpath css-selectors webdriverwait
java selenium xpath css-selectors webdriverwait
edited Nov 20 at 5:01
DebanjanB
37.7k73375
asked Nov 20 at 4:36
mayooran
1,65932856
edited Nov 20 at 5:01
DebanjanB
37.7k73375
asked Nov 20 at 4:36
mayooran
1,65932856
edited Nov 20 at 5:01
DebanjanB
37.7k73375
edited Nov 20 at 5:01
DebanjanB
37.7k73375
edited Nov 20 at 5:01
DebanjanB
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37.7k73375
asked Nov 20 at 4:36
mayooran
1,65932856
asked Nov 20 at 4:36
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asked Nov 20 at 4:36
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As per the HTML you have shared the element is an Angular element so you have to induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be visible and you can use either of the following solutions:
cssSelector:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("div[ng-if*='getTitle']>div.ce-component-title"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
xpath:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[contains(@ng-if,'getTitle')]/div[@class='ce-component-title flex text-overflow ng-binding']"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
answered Nov 20 at 4:56
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Thanks for the answer Deb. If the element is not visible, I would get an element not found exception right? I have the element in my WebElement object. Just that the get text method returns a ".".
– mayooran
Nov 20 at 8:53
Nopes, if the element is not visible you would get ElementNotVisible exception. How about the solution? Did it work?
– DebanjanB
Nov 20 at 9:02
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I think your xpath (//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]) returns more than one element, and the element you need is not the first one.
Try using console of your browser, to verify how many elements this xpath returns.
I can help you if you give me url to this page.
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As per the HTML you have shared the element is an Angular element so you have to induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be visible and you can use either of the following solutions:
cssSelector:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("div[ng-if*='getTitle']>div.ce-component-title"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
xpath:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[contains(@ng-if,'getTitle')]/div[@class='ce-component-title flex text-overflow ng-binding']"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
answered Nov 20 at 4:56
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Thanks for the answer Deb. If the element is not visible, I would get an element not found exception right? I have the element in my WebElement object. Just that the get text method returns a ".".
– mayooran
Nov 20 at 8:53
Nopes, if the element is not visible you would get ElementNotVisible exception. How about the solution? Did it work?
– DebanjanB
Nov 20 at 9:02
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As per the HTML you have shared the element is an Angular element so you have to induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be visible and you can use either of the following solutions:
cssSelector:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("div[ng-if*='getTitle']>div.ce-component-title"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
xpath:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[contains(@ng-if,'getTitle')]/div[@class='ce-component-title flex text-overflow ng-binding']"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
answered Nov 20 at 4:56
DebanjanB
37.7k73375
Thanks for the answer Deb. If the element is not visible, I would get an element not found exception right? I have the element in my WebElement object. Just that the get text method returns a ".".
– mayooran
Nov 20 at 8:53
Nopes, if the element is not visible you would get ElementNotVisible exception. How about the solution? Did it work?
– DebanjanB
Nov 20 at 9:02
add a comment |
up vote
1
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up vote
1
down vote
As per the HTML you have shared the element is an Angular element so you have to induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be visible and you can use either of the following solutions:
cssSelector:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("div[ng-if*='getTitle']>div.ce-component-title"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
xpath:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[contains(@ng-if,'getTitle')]/div[@class='ce-component-title flex text-overflow ng-binding']"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
answered Nov 20 at 4:56
DebanjanB
37.7k73375
As per the HTML you have shared the element is an Angular element so you have to induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be visible and you can use either of the following solutions:
cssSelector:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("div[ng-if*='getTitle']>div.ce-component-title"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
xpath:
String myString = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[contains(@ng-if,'getTitle')]/div[@class='ce-component-title flex text-overflow ng-binding']"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");
answered Nov 20 at 4:56
DebanjanB
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edited Nov 20 at 9:01
answered Nov 20 at 4:56
DebanjanB
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answered Nov 20 at 4:56
DebanjanB
37.7k73375
answered Nov 20 at 4:56
DebanjanB
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Thanks for the answer Deb. If the element is not visible, I would get an element not found exception right? I have the element in my WebElement object. Just that the get text method returns a ".".
– mayooran
Nov 20 at 8:53
Nopes, if the element is not visible you would get ElementNotVisible exception. How about the solution? Did it work?
– DebanjanB
Nov 20 at 9:02
add a comment |
Thanks for the answer Deb. If the element is not visible, I would get an element not found exception right? I have the element in my WebElement object. Just that the get text method returns a ".".
– mayooran
Nov 20 at 8:53
Nopes, if the element is not visible you would get ElementNotVisible exception. How about the solution? Did it work?
– DebanjanB
Nov 20 at 9:02
Thanks for the answer Deb. If the element is not visible, I would get an element not found exception right? I have the element in my WebElement object. Just that the get text method returns a ".".
– mayooran
Nov 20 at 8:53
Thanks for the answer Deb. If the element is not visible, I would get an element not found exception right? I have the element in my WebElement object. Just that the get text method returns a ".".
– mayooran
Nov 20 at 8:53
Nopes, if the element is not visible you would get ElementNotVisible exception. How about the solution? Did it work?
– DebanjanB
Nov 20 at 9:02
Nopes, if the element is not visible you would get ElementNotVisible exception. How about the solution? Did it work?
– DebanjanB
Nov 20 at 9:02
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I think your xpath (//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]) returns more than one element, and the element you need is not the first one.
Try using console of your browser, to verify how many elements this xpath returns.
I can help you if you give me url to this page.
edited Nov 23 at 15:31
meagar♦
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answered Nov 21 at 1:28
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I think your xpath (//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]) returns more than one element, and the element you need is not the first one.
Try using console of your browser, to verify how many elements this xpath returns.
I can help you if you give me url to this page.
edited Nov 23 at 15:31
meagar♦
176k29272288
answered Nov 21 at 1:28
Dmitry
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I think your xpath (//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]) returns more than one element, and the element you need is not the first one.
Try using console of your browser, to verify how many elements this xpath returns.
I can help you if you give me url to this page.
edited Nov 23 at 15:31
meagar♦
176k29272288
answered Nov 21 at 1:28
Dmitry
35427
I think your xpath (//*[contains(@class,'ce-component-title')]) returns more than one element, and the element you need is not the first one.
Try using console of your browser, to verify how many elements this xpath returns.
I can help you if you give me url to this page.
edited Nov 23 at 15:31
meagar♦
176k29272288
answered Nov 21 at 1:28
Dmitry
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edited Nov 23 at 15:31
meagar♦
176k29272288
edited Nov 23 at 15:31
meagar♦
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edited Nov 23 at 15:31
meagar♦
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176k29272288
answered Nov 21 at 1:28
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answered Nov 21 at 1:28
Dmitry
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answered Nov 21 at 1:28
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