How to extract text entered in text input using Selenium WebDriver?

Question

I have an HTML element <input id="input-id" type="text" value="initial">.
After loading the page I can get text from this element using, for example, driver.find_element_by_id("input-id").get_attribute("value").

But then I click on this element and change the text inside (to "edited", for example). Nothing in DOM changes, including value of the value attribute
(i.e. driver.find_element_by_id("input-id").get_attribute("value") still returns "initial" and element in DOM looks like <input id="input-id" type="text" value="initial">)

How can I extract value that is now visible in browser (i.e. string "edited")? Do I need to execute some JavaScript or anything?

5agado · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-12 15:08:12Z

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That value doesn't change when you input some new text. You could try to do just this:

driver.find_element_by_id("input-id").get_attribute("innerHTML")

answered May 12, 2014 at 15:08

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Stacy Miller Over a year ago

But innerHTML also does not change when I enter text, does it? I mean, nothing appears between <input> and </input>.

5agado Over a year ago

@StacyMiller You should test it for you case. However why do you want to get the text that YOU put in the field?

Stacy Miller Over a year ago

I already tested and nothing appears, that is why I am asking. I need it because it seems more clear from the code style point in my case. However, I may do some code refactoring.

5agado Over a year ago

I understand. I'm actually using Selenium for a project of mine, so I will try to understand better what's going on here and in case update the info.

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