Selenium: How to get all the h3 text with getText()

Question

In the webpage https://cloudwise.nl/dit-is-cloudwise/alle-cloudwisers/directie/ I'm trying to get all users' names using for loop.

What I have tried so far is:

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'inner')]/h3"))).getText();

and

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'inner')]/h3"))).getAttribute("innerHTML");

But all of them gets text Directie instead of users' name. I think it's because of the users' name is in a header <h3> tag and it just ignores it. How can I get the users' name within a header tag?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '22 at 17:25

You were close enough. visibilityOfElementLocated() will always return you the first matching element, where as you need all the matching elements.

Solution

To print the list of users you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibilityOfAllElementsLocatedBy() and you can use Java8 stream() and map() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

Using cssSelector:

System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10)).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfAllElementsLocatedBy(By.cssSelector("div.inner h3"))).stream().map(element->element.getText()).collect(Collectors.toList()));

Using xpath:

System.out.println(new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10)).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfAllElementsLocatedBy(By.xpath("//div[contains(@class,'inner')]//h3"))).stream().map(element->element.getAttribute("innerHTML")).collect(Collectors.toList()));

I did not try that one but instead, I put ```try { Thread.sleep(2000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }``` before I check elements on the page. It solved the problem. — Erhan Yumer, Aug 13 '22 at 18:50

Selenium: How to get all the h3 text with getText()

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