Get text from the element

Question

I want to print the text of the span element ( Afghanistan ), but when I use the path of the span ( //span[@class=‘mat-option-text’] ), it prints the text of the mat-icon ( warning ) as well.

Console:

Afghanistan warning

Can anyone help how I can print Afghanistan only?

Please add the line of code you are using that you expect to output the text. — Jortega, Dec 14 '20 at 13:53

Parolla · Answer 1 · 2020-12-14T15:43:05.933

0

You need to execute JavaScript:

WebElement span = driver.findElement(By.className("mat-option-text"));
JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
String spanText = jse.executeScript("return arguments[0].childNodes[0].text", span);

edited Dec 14 '20 at 15:43

answered Dec 14 '20 at 13:50

Parolla

408
2
6

I have handled it like this: getText().replace("warning", "") – Arsen Dec 15 '20 at 06:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '20 at 15:01

The text Afghanistan is within a text node. So to retrieve the text you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibilityOfElementLocated() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

cssSelector:

System.out.println(((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("return arguments[0].firstChild.textContent;", new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.cssSelector("span.mat-option-text")))).toString());

xpath:

System.out.println(((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("return arguments[0].firstChild.textContent;", new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//span[@class='mat-option-text']")))).toString());

Get text from the element

2 Answers2