Getting current designation using Python Selenium

Question

I'm trying to get the current designation of a LinkedIn profile list using Python Selenium. I want the part after the 'Current:' and the 'Summary:'.

Here's the HTML:

<div class="linked-area flex-1 cursor-pointer">
  
        <p class="entity-result__summary entity-result__summary--2-lines t-12 t-black--light ">
          <!---->Current: Full Stack Software<span class="white-space-pre"> </span>
<strong><!---->Developer<!----></strong><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>at GE Healthcare<!---->
        </p>
      
</div>

I tried this:

currentDsgn = []
currentDesignations = browser.find_elements_by_class_name('linked-area flex-1')
    print(currentDesignations)

    for currentDesignation in currentDesignations:
        print(currentDesignation)
        currentDsgn.append(currentDesignation.text.strip())

But I got an empty list.

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-07 10:52:45Z

1

try this xpath instead :

//div[contains(@class, 'linked-area')]/p[contains(@class, 'entity-result__summary')]

and use it like it below :

currentDesignations  = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//div[contains(@class, 'linked-area')]/p[contains(@class, 'entity-result__summary')]")
for currentDesignation in currentDesignations:
   print(currentDesignation.get_attribute('innerHTML'))

answered Jun 7, 2021 at 10:52

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5 Comments

ShridharK Over a year ago

Thanks, this worked! Instead of starting with div class 'linked'area' what if we directly go to p class 'entity-result__summary'?

cruisepandey Over a year ago

Yes @ShridharK we can do that. Just make sure that in element structure (When you press F12) and when you use the mentioned xpath, your desired elements should be highlighted

ShridharK Over a year ago

And can we write the code without using the 'contains' keyword? Something like: @class = 'linked-area' or @class = 'entity-result-summary'?

cruisepandey Over a year ago

No we cannot. If we write @class = 'linked-area Selenium will look for exact match, we wanted to pass sub part of the class hence we used contains

ShridharK Over a year ago

This makes sense

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