Selenium getAttribute(href) return null value using java - Salesforce application

Question

This is the salesforce application. I want to get the below attributes value from the <a> tag

Href
Title

HTML Code

<one-app-nav-bar-item-root one-appnavbar_appnavbar="" data-id="home" data-assistive-id="operationId" aria-hidden="false" draggable="true" class="navItem slds-context-bar__item slds-shrink-none slds-is-active" role="listitem" xpath="1">
<a href="/lightning/page/home" title="Home" tabindex="0" draggable="false" aria-describedby="operationId-14" class="slds-context-bar__label-action dndItem" style="">
<span class="slds-truncate">Home</span>
</a></one-app-nav-bar-item-root>

Selenium code (groovy scripting language)

for(int i:(1..size)){
            WebElement getHref = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//one-app-nav-bar-item-root[${i}]//a[1]"))
            println getHref.getAttribute("href")
            println getHref.getAttribute("title")
}

output

null
null

NOTE: When I execute the above code in FireFox, I'm getting my expected result

undetected Selenium · Answer 1 · 2019-09-30T09:01:57.017

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To extract the value of href and title attributes you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibilityOfElementLocated() or elementToBeClickable() and you can use the following Locator Strategies:

xpath:

href:

System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//one-app-nav-bar-item-root/a[//span[text()='Home']]"))).getAttribute("href"));

title:

System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//one-app-nav-bar-item-root/a[//span[text()='Home']]"))).getAttribute("title"));

edited Sep 30 '19 at 09:01

answered Sep 30 '19 at 07:27

undetected Selenium

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Thanks for your comments, but it's not working. getting again null – Prabu Sep 30 '19 at 08:49
@Prabu Can you check the HTML if this element is within any iframe? – undetected Selenium Sep 30 '19 at 08:53
no iframe, when I use the getText() method with the same XPath got the value, but when I use getAttribute() getting null – Prabu Sep 30 '19 at 08:57
@Prabu Checkout the updated answer and let me know the status. – undetected Selenium Sep 30 '19 at 09:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 30 '19 at 11:08

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Instead of xpath like //one-app-nav-bar-item-root[${i}]//a[1]

Try like (//*[@role='listitem'])[${i}]//a[1]

answered Sep 30 '19 at 11:08

Naveen

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Can you just print and see if the links are available in the DOM by using the for loop on //a ? – Naveen Sep 30 '19 at 12:13
yes I verified, and all the element loaded properly in the DOM – Prabu Sep 30 '19 at 12:19

Selenium getAttribute(href) return null value using java - Salesforce application

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