How to copy a text and store it into a variable using Selenium? Python

Question

I want to copy a text from a website and store it into a variable so I can add it to a dictionary later. I wanted to know how do I accomplish it?

Here is my source code:

from selenium import webdriver

f = webdriver.Firefox()

f.get("http://hi.com")

g = f.find_element_by_tag_name('h1').getText()

print g

See if [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11750447/performing-a-copy-and-paste-with-selenium-2) helps — Pynchia, Jun 29 '15 at 21:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '15 at 06:32

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What type of text you need to copy from web page?

You need to locate webelement of text you need to capture and simply use getText() on it.

String text = driver.findElement(By.id("some id")).getText();

answered Jun 30 '15 at 06:32

Vishal Jagtap

Say I want to print get the text " This Site Is Under Construction and Coming Soon." and save it into a variable, from http://hi.com. I tried the method suggested by you and it didn't work. – The_Diver Jul 03 '15 at 09:51
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Try this - String text = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='mid']/h1")).getText(); – Vishal Jagtap Jul 06 '15 at 06:25
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inpython = driver.find_element_by_xpath("your-xpath").text – Chandan Nayak Jul 06 '15 at 06:33

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