Get Iframe Src content using Selenium Python

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I have added to an html file: maintenance.html an iframe:

<iframe name="iframe_name" src="maintenance_state.txt" frameborder="0" height="40" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" width="800" align="middle" ></iframe>

And I want to get the content of the src file maintenance_state.txt using Python and Selenium. I'm locating the iframe element using:

maintain = driver.find_element_by_name("iframe_name")

However maintain.text is returning an empty value. How can I get the text written in maintenance_state.txt file.

Thanks for your help.

What do you mean by getting the content of "maintenance_state.txt" , means reading the file? — Juhi Saxena
– Juhi Saxena, Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 14:56
let's say the content of maintenance_state.txt is "testing state". I want to store that content into a variable. str= "testing state" — user1542567
– user1542567, Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 15:20

Silas S. Brown · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-12 14:20:18Z

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As some sites' scripts stop the iframe from working properly if it's loaded as the main document, it's also worth knowing how to read the iframe's source without needing to issue a separate driver.get for its URL:

driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_name("iframe_name"))
print(driver.page_source)
driver.switch_to.default_content()

The last line is needed only if you want to be able to do something else with the page afterwards.

answered Sep 12, 2018 at 14:20

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alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-05 14:59:11Z

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You can get the src element, navigate to it and get the page_source:

from urlparse import urljoin

src = driver.find_element_by_name("iframe_name").get_attribute("src")
url = urljoin(base_url, src)

driver.get(url)
print(driver.page_source)

answered Aug 5, 2015 at 14:59

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