Trouble getting attributes of elements using Selenium | Python

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Every time I try to get the aria label attribute, I've run into this issue before and the question on here addressing it doesn't help at all. I've tried sleep, and list comprehensions (I honestly don't know why that would make it work), but that's where I'm at right now and my brain is jelly :). Can't use xpath if that's what you want to suggest btw

messages = driver.find_elements_by_class_name('DMBLb')

buttons = message.find_elements_by_class_name('wpO6b')

for button in buttons:
   option_buttons = button.get_attribute('aria-label') 
   print(option_buttons) # returns none

1. What errors do you see? 2. Add html code or link to site you are testing. — vitaliis, Apr 08 '21 at 16:00
You wrote: Can't use xpath if that's what you want to suggest btw. But accepted answer with xpath. — vitaliis, Apr 14 '21 at 02:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '21 at 12:57

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As per your question and the HTML you have shared it seems that the element is a React element, so to retrieve the attribute aria-label you have to induve WebDriverWait for the desired element to be visible and you can use the following solution:

 print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "element_xpath_you_found"))).get_attribute("aria-label"))

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answered Apr 08 '21 at 12:57

Erkin

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Gives me a webdriverwait is not defined error, are you sure this isn't JavaScript? – BuddyPal Apr 08 '21 at 17:04
You need to import some functions – Erkin Apr 08 '21 at 18:31
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC – Erkin Apr 08 '21 at 18:31
First of all it's not your idea, click the reference and see who's idea is this ;) – Erkin Apr 11 '21 at 07:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '21 at 18:09

Try to wait for all elements in the list. For this you will need to import some selenium modules:

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

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 30)
wait.until(EC.visibility_of_all_elements_located(SelectBy.CLASS_NAME("wpO6b")))

buttons = message.find_elements_by_class_name('wpO6b')

for button in buttons:
   option_buttons = button.get_attribute('aria-label')

Also, what are you trying to print? Try option_buttons.text

Trouble getting attributes of elements using Selenium | Python

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