Get text found between span - selenium

Question

Inspect element from Google Chrome:

<div class="form-style-abc">
   <fieldset>
    <legend><span class="number">*</span>Search Zone</legend>

Need to retrieve the "Search Zone", however im unable to perform the search and getText()

I had performed the following on Eclipse but getting error:

Code:

String HeaderTxt = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@class = 'number']")).getText();
System.out.println(HeaderTxt);

Error Message:

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//span[@class = 'number']"}

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-27T07:21:58.357

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As per the HTML you have provided to extract the text Search Zone you can use the following line of code :

String HeaderTxt = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='form-style-abc']/fieldset/legend[(self::legend) and not (@class='number')]")).getText();
System.out.println(HeaderTxt);

Update 1

As per your comment update as you are still seeing NoSuchElementException possibly you need to wait for the element inducing WebDriverWait as follows :

WebElement HeaderTxtElem = new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[@class='form-style-abc']/fieldset/legend[(self::legend) and not (@class='number')]")));
System.out.println(HeaderTxtElem.getText());

Update 2

As you mentioned the element is within an <iframe> tag you need to switch to the exact frame and then look out for the WebElement. Here you can find a detailed discussion on How to switch to frame in Selenium Webdriver Java

Update 3

Xpath Explanation

Through the xpath as "//div[@class='form-style-abc']/fieldset/legend" we have reached till the <legend> node. Now you want to get the text Search Zone only. So being within the <legend> tag you have to trim the child <span> tag which have a class as number. So we added a clause within our xpath not to consider (@class='number') while retrieving the text as in :

String HeaderTxt = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='form-style-abc']/fieldset/legend[(self::legend) and not (@class='number')]")).getText();

edited Mar 27 '18 at 07:21

answered Mar 26 '18 at 10:48

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Hi, still getting the following error - no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//div[@class='form-style-abc']/fieldset/legend[(self::legend) and not (@class='number')]"} – learning Mar 27 '18 at 05:00
issue still persist - org.openqa.selenium.TimeoutException: Timed out after 20 seconds waiting for visibility of element located by By.xpath: //div[@class='form-style-abc']/fieldset/legend[(self::legend) and not (@class='number')] – learning Mar 27 '18 at 05:17
Can you ensure the element is not within an `iframe`? – undetected Selenium Mar 27 '18 at 05:19
Yes, its within the iframe, as such we not be able to get the text? – learning Mar 27 '18 at 05:23
Yeap, you need to switch to the exact `iframe` before you start looking out for the element. Check my answer update and let me know the status. – undetected Selenium Mar 27 '18 at 05:24
Yes, it worked, after switching to iframe, I'm able to grab the text. Thanks you very much! – learning Mar 27 '18 at 05:42
could u pls help to elaborate what does the following portion does, im trying to understand - ..[(self::legend) and not..] – learning Mar 27 '18 at 07:01
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Check my answer update and let me know if you have any further question. – undetected Selenium Mar 27 '18 at 07:23
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Thanks DebanjanB! – learning Mar 28 '18 at 02:13

Get text found between span - selenium

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Xpath Explanation