Get Text from Span returns empty string

Question

I'm trying to get the text from the span inside this div with python and selenium:

<div class="product-name">
    <span class="h1" itemprop="name">TEXT</span>
</div>

I've tried this, however, this returns an empty string:

line = dr.find_element_by_class_name('product-name').find_element_by_xpath('.//span').text

Thanks in advance,

you could simplify the search like this: line = dr.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="product-name"]/span').text. If it still doesn't work, it may be a synchronization issue (wait for element instead of searching for it) — timbre timbre
– timbre timbre, Commented Oct 8, 2016 at 22:19

Saurabh Gaur · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-08 23:52:56Z

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You should try using css_selector to find desire element in one find statement as below :-

line = dr.find_element_by_css_selector('div.product-name > span').text

If you're still getting empty string try using get_attribute("textContent") as :-

line = dr.find_element_by_css_selector('div.product-name > span').get_attribute("textContent")

Or using get_attribute("innerHTML") as :-

line = dr.find_element_by_css_selector('div.product-name > span').get_attribute("innerHTML")

Note :- You can also use above operation to getting innerText on parent <div> element using class_name if there is only desire text as :-

line = dr.find_element_by_class_name('product-name').text

Or

line = dr.find_element_by_class_name('product-name').get_attribute("textContent")

edited Oct 8, 2016 at 23:52

answered Oct 8, 2016 at 23:41

Saurabh Gaur

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Daniel Mancebo Over a year ago

Yes, I've used css selector and it works, but I'm just curious to see why my approach does not work.

Saurabh Gaur Over a year ago

It's hard to say why your approach is not working, your approach also is absolutely correct, I think there are more element with same class name and it's locating other span instead of desire. Thanks..

Simon · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-08 23:47:20Z

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I find bs4 more intuitive, prehaps this would suite better?

    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs4


def main():
    html = """<div class="product-name">
            <span class="h1" itemprop="name">TEXT</span>
            </div>"""
    soup = bs4(html, "html.parser")
    print(soup.find_all('div', {"class": "product-name"}))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Concerning your code..

line = dr.find_element_by_class_name('product-name').find_element_by_xpath('.//span').text

Maybe supposed to be something more inline with:

line = dr.find_element_by_classname('product-name')

Might remember wrong.

answered Oct 8, 2016 at 23:47

Simon

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