How to scrape the webapp clock value using Selenium and Python?

Question

I am trying to use a webapp clock vs. my system clock to trigger events. I want to scrape the value of the webapp clock (serverClock).

The source code for the page contains:

<p class="server_time">
<span class="serverTime">Today's date is: <b>Thursday&nbsp;12/15/2022</b></span>
<span class="serverClock"><span>The Server Time is: <b class="jquery_server_clock" data- 
ftclub="canyonoakscc"></b></span>
</p>

Maybe I am little bit lost, but I do not see any value for `serverClock` element. I see value `Thursday 12/15/2022` for `serverTime` but I do not see any value for `serverClock`, I only see `The Server Time is:` but I guess that is not the text you want, isn't it? — Jaky Ruby, Dec 15 '22 at 16:13
I ran the code using the css_selector but the value returned was "None" — Searcher512, Dec 16 '22 at 14:41
I believe I'm looking for the value of "jquery_server_clock" — Searcher512, Dec 16 '22 at 14:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '22 at 16:52

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To print the value of the webapp clock (serverClock) you can use either of the following locator strategies:

Using css_selector:

print(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("p.server_time span.serverClock > span b").get_attribute("value"))

Using xpath:

print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//p[@class='server_time']//span[@class='serverClock']/span//b").get_attribute("value"))

Note : You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

answered Dec 15 '22 at 16:52

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I ran the code using the css_selector but the value returned was "None" – Searcher512 Dec 16 '22 at 14:41
I'm expecting a time value in the 12:15:03 format – Searcher512 Dec 18 '22 at 03:18
@Searcher512 Apologies for the late reply but the relevant HTML is missing a `` and is malformed atm. – undetected Selenium Jan 10 '23 at 22:54

How to scrape the webapp clock value using Selenium and Python?

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