How to access text inside nested divs?

Question

Trying to access certain text properties that are nested. Have had no trouble with most elements, but just haven't been able to get a certain few.

I'm trying to set: one variable = Optomi, another variable = Detroit, Michigan, United States (Although I feel like once I have the first variable, I can get the second fairly easy)

Full Path

<a data-control-name="company_link" href="/company/optomi/life/" id="ember2228" class="jobs-details-top-card__company-url ember-view"> Optomi </a>

I'm trying to just pull out the text value "Optomi".

I've tried:

cname = self.driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//a[@class='jobs-details-top-card__company-url ember-view']/a")
print(cname)

and

cname = self.driver.find_elements_by_css_selector(
          "div.jobs-details-top-card__company-info t-14 t-black--light t-normal mt1")
print(cname)
print(cname.get_attribute("text"))

Any tips?

Try `cname = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@class='jobs-details-top-ard__company-url ember-view']").text` — CC7052, Feb 25 '20 at 16:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 16:56

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Try using what CC7052 said:

cname = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@class='jobs-details-top-ard__company-url ember-view']").text

and then maybe use .split for getting Detroit

cname.split(',')[0]

answered Feb 25 '20 at 16:56

MoriartyPy

21
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Thanks for the help! I tried it, but it just returns an error message: ``` selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//a[@class='jobs-details-top-ard__company-url ember-view']"} ``` – David Bolton Feb 25 '20 at 17:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 20:53

To pull out the text Optomi you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "a.jobs-details-top-card__company-url.ember-view[data-control-name='company_link'][href*='optomi']"))).text)

Using XPATH:

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//a[@class='jobs-details-top-card__company-url ember-view' and @data-control-name='company_link'][contains(@href,'optomi')]"))).text)

Note : You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

How to access text inside nested divs?

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