How to extract the this address using Selenium and Python

Question

How to extract the this address using Selenium and Python

HTML:

<span class="mrehover dn" id="morehvr_add_cont0">
    <span class="blckarw"></span>
    <span class="cont_fl_addr">60-B, J D Alves Premises, Hill Road, Bandra West, Mumbai - 400050, Next to Bandra Medical Store</span>
</span>

Answer 1

you can use CSS selector span.cont_fl_addr if you dont like XPATH

Answer 2

To print the address 60-B, J D Alves Premises, Hill Road, Bandra West, Mumbai - 400050, Next to Bandra Medical Store you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using XPATH and text attribute:

  print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//span[@class='cont_fl_addr']"))).text)
  

• Using CSS_SELECTOR and get_attribute():

  print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "span.cont_fl_addr"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))
  

• 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
  

You can find a relevant discussion in How to retrieve the text of a WebElement using Selenium - Python

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Outro

Link to useful documentation:

• get_attribute() method Gets the given attribute or property of the element.
• text attribute returns The text of the element.
• Difference between text and innerHTML using Selenium