Get Text from specific tag in Python Selenium

Question

I would like to get the text inside this specific element here

<div class="comment-text-inner display-inline" data-clipboard-text="free apex coins">free apex coins</div>

How do I get the text from "data-clipboard-text" using python and selenium?

I've tried

comment = driver.find_element_by_xpath("""/html/body/div[3]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div/div/div[4]/div[2]/div/div[1]""").text

With no luck

That xpath depends on the entire document structure, which you haven't shown us, so we don't know why it isn't working. — John Gordon
– John Gordon, Commented Feb 24, 2019 at 17:46
Well, i get the same output if I use the classname "comment-text-inner" — Abu Ahmed Al-Suedi
– Abu Ahmed Al-Suedi, Commented Feb 24, 2019 at 17:48
What the comment variable consists of after this line is "loading". Which isn't anywhere in the element. — Abu Ahmed Al-Suedi
– Abu Ahmed Al-Suedi, Commented Feb 24, 2019 at 17:52
Possible duplicate of How to get attribute of element from Selenium? — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Feb 24, 2019 at 18:18

clurd · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-24 17:51:00Z

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I think you're looking for the method get_attribute().

Essentially, it'd be something like:

driver.find_element_by_xpath(<your xpath>).get_attribute("data-clipboard-text")

Please see this post as well.

answered Feb 24, 2019 at 17:51

clurd

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He said he wanted the text. I don't think he wants the attribute value (though in this example they are the same).

His question specifically states How do I get the text from "data-clipboard-text" using python and selenium?