Receive data from html tag with Java in Selenium

Question

I have the following html tag and I want to receive "name":"test_1476979972086" from my Java Selenium code.

How can I achive this?

I already tried getText and getAttribute function but without any success.

<a data-ng-href="#/devices" 
    target="_blank" 
    class="ng-binding" 
    href="#/devices">  
{"name":"test_1476979972086"}    
</a>

getText() is always emtpy. The xpath is unique. newDevice.created is unique on page.

final By successMessageBy = By.xpath("//p[@data-ng-show='newDevice.created']/a");

final WebElement successMessage = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(successMessageBy));

final String msg = successMessage.getText();

What do you mean without any success.?? Is there any exception?? And share how did you tried as well?? — Saurabh Gaur
– Saurabh Gaur, Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 16:40
And try once as wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(successMessageBy)).getText(); and let me know.. — Saurabh Gaur
– Saurabh Gaur, Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 16:55

Saurabh Gaur · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-20 17:04:40Z

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Actually WebElement#getText() returns only visible text. It could be possible element is present there but text would be visible later.

So if WebElement#getText() doesn't work as expected, you should try using getAttribute("textContent") as below:-

successMessage.getAttribute("textContent");

answered Oct 20, 2016 at 17:04

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gartenkralle Over a year ago

That worked! Right element is not visible but present! :)

ddavison · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-20 16:40:26Z

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upon first glance, the below should work. the fact that what you've tried doesnt work, leads me to believe that you aren't selecting the correct element. since i am ignorant of the rest of your html, this might not be unique. you'll have to play around with it, or share the surrounding html

String json = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("a[href$='/devices']")).getText()

answered Oct 20, 2016 at 16:40

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gartenkralle Over a year ago

The selector is unique but getText returns an empty string.

Grasshopper Over a year ago

@gartenkralle I copied the HTML and the code from the answer above and got the text....

gartenkralle Over a year ago

interesting...I'm not.

ddavison Over a year ago

then something else is going on. you'll have to show more context for the element. also, is that element you are sharing - is it from inspect element? or view page source? i ask this last question because the source is probably different than the actual because of all of the DHTML

Grasshopper Over a year ago

Can you add a screenshot from the inspect element from the surrounding p tag that you are using in the xpath...

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