Python Selenium get value from certain class

Question

I am trying to get the information in value=" " from this code. As long as the class has the word orange in it, I want to store the value.

Expected result in this case is storing value "JKK-LKK" in a variable.

<input type="text" readonly="" class="form-control nl-forms-wp-orange" value="JKK-LKK" style="cursor: pointer; border-left-style: none;>

I have tried using

text = driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'nl-forms-wp-orange')]").get_attribute("value"))

But I get:

AttributeError: 'list' Object has no attribute 'get_attribute'.

I've also tried getText("value") but I get is not a valid Xpath expression.

If I try only using

driver.find_elements_by_xpath("//*[contains(text(), 'nl-forms-wp-orange')]")

The list becomes empty. So I feel like I might be missing some few other key pieces. What might I be doing wrong?

Just remove the s from find_elements. You are using get_attribute on the whole list instead of a single element. — Arundeep Chohan, Dec 28 '20 at 12:28
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[contains(@class, 'nl-forms-wp-orange')]") should work for you. The text() function is used for innerHTML. — Janesh Kodikara, Dec 28 '20 at 14:19

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-28T12:33:08.397

To print the value of the value attribute i.e. JKK-LKK from the elements containing class attribute as nl-forms-wp-orange you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using css_selector:

print(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input.nl-forms-wp-orange").get_attribute("value"))

Using xpath:

print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[contains(@class, 'nl-forms-wp-orange')]").get_attribute("value"))

Ideally 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, "input.nl-forms-wp-orange"))).get_attribute("value"))

Using XPATH:

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//input[contains(@class, 'nl-forms-wp-orange')]"))).get_attribute("value"))

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

Python Selenium get value from certain class

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