Get the value of in html span selenium python

Question

A certain span icon on binary.com has the following html code:

<span id="spot" style="" data-value="3862.76" class="price_moved_down">3,862.76</span>

where the data value changes every 2 second. I want to use that that data value on my web automation script yet I do not know where to start please help. refer to the picture to understand.

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Selenium is automated, but creates a new browser window. For just getting this value, requests or beautiful soup may be better suited. — Banana, Sep 11 '20 at 15:49
Does this answer your question? [How to get text with selenium web driver in python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20996392/how-to-get-text-with-selenium-web-driver-in-python) — JaSON, Sep 11 '20 at 15:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '20 at 15:49

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The number is the text value of the element. So once you find the element using selenium

my_span = driver.find_element_by.....

You can just called the text attribute on the element

print(my_span.text)

answered Sep 11 '20 at 15:49

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '20 at 21:43

To print the text 3,862.76 you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using css_selector and get_attribute():

print(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("span.price_moved_down#spot[data-value]").get_attribute("innerHTML"))

Using xpath and text attribute:

print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//span[@class='price_moved_down' and @id='spot'][@data-value]").text)

Ideally, to print the text 3,862.76 you have 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, "span.price_moved_down#spot[data-value]"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))

Using XPATH:

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//span[@class='price_moved_down' and @id='spot'][@data-value]"))).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

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

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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

Get the value of in html span selenium python

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