Getting a hidden text from a HTML in JAVA using Selenium and WebDriver

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I'm trying to get a text from a html page which is into a hidden span.

<span class="hide"> Nike </span>

I've tried something like this:

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".product-page.clearfix > .hide > span"));
String content = (String)((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("arguments[0].innerHTML;", element);
product.setBrand(content)

I've tried also with "return arguments[0].innerHTML;" and with "element.getText()"

I understood that I can use pure javascript, but this is a simple example, I need to use WebDriver and Java code for more complicated pages.

java.lang.ClassCastException: package.driver.DhlWebDriver cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor

Possible duplicate of How to read text from hidden element with Selenium WebDriver? — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Nov 3, 2015 at 19:08

Bart Wojtala · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-04 10:43:08Z

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You just need to get a proper attribute like following:
element.GetAttribute("textContent");
Should work well.

I guess getAttribute for JAVA - I work in C#.

answered Nov 4, 2015 at 10:43

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Deepak_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-04 10:25:50Z

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Try this it will work

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector(".product-page.clearfix > .hide > span"));
String content = (String) ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return arguments[0].innerHTML", element);
System.out.println(content);

I'm using return arguments[0].innerHTML

answered Nov 4, 2015 at 10:25

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BOB · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-05 20:03:02Z

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I recommand to use:

JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor)element;
String content=(String) js.executeScript("return document.getElementsByClassName('hide').value;");
System.out.println(content);

answered Sep 5, 2018 at 20:03

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