I'm trying to print and/or write to file text inside a span tag from the following HTML. Only want it to find_element once, not find_elements since there's only one instance:
<div>
<span class="test">2</span>
</div>
Below is the python code I'm using that is generating the "'WebElement' object is not iterable" error.
test = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div")
for numberText in test:
numberTexts = numberText.find_element_by_class_name("test")
print(numberTexts.txt)
You're getting a single element (first one) by:
driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div")
which is obviously not iterable.
For multiple elements i.e. to get an iterable, use:
driver.find_elements_by_xpath("/html/body/div")
Note the s after element.
Also check out the documentation.
single element will not be iterable. Try find_elements_by_xpath (pluralize element).
If there is only one instance, then simply use it without the for loop.
the error is pretty clear...
the return value of find_element_by_xpath is a WebElement. You can't iterate a WebElement...
you have several other mistakes in your example code. You could rewrite the entire block of code as:
element = driver.find_element_by_class_name("test")
print(element.text)
