Selenium parse data into a variable

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Is it possible for Selenium to parse the source-code and locate specific text which is "Last updated" and then copy the whole line with date and time into a variable ?

HTML - code to be coped into a variable

Last updated: <strong>31.12.2015 17.46</strong>

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-03 16:06:13Z

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Locate the strong element that has this specific preceding text sibling:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//strong[contains(preceding-sibling::text(), 'Last updated: ')]").text

edited Jan 3, 2016 at 16:06

answered Jan 1, 2016 at 16:33

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user3580316 Over a year ago

That didn't work gave me this error: '

selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchElementException: Message: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//strong[preceding-sibling::text() = 'Last updated: ']"}

alecxe Over a year ago

@user3580316 could be several reasons for that - can you provide the URL of the page you are working with so I can reproduce the problem too? Thanks.

user3580316 Over a year ago

Since this is a page you enter after authentication, I am not able to do so. However I can provide you with the source code which may be to help ? Just look for "Last updated" and you will find the string. dropbox.com/s/1sbhtgnjh4yg4do/source-code.txt

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