Distorted HTML content using selenium get_attribute

Question

I am trying to get the innerHTML of an element using:

de_nc = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('element').get_attribute("innerHTML")

But i get the following:

<a href=""https://****/""><u>Text</u></a>

Instead of the following:

<a href="https://****/"><u><font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Text</font></font></u></a>

is the font element generated dynamically?

Elad
– Elad

2020-01-02 08:11:48 +00:00
Commented Jan 2, 2020 at 8:11 — Elad
– Elad, Commented Jan 2, 2020 at 8:11
We are going to need to input daya to assist.

Klaus D.
– Klaus D.

2020-01-02 08:11:49 +00:00
Commented Jan 2, 2020 at 8:11 — Klaus D.
– Klaus D., Commented Jan 2, 2020 at 8:11

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-02 08:12:28Z

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To extract the innerHTML of an element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategy:

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "element_css"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))

answered Jan 2, 2020 at 8:12

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Tek Nath Over a year ago

This does not solve. I already tried with WebDriverWait too.

Muzzamil · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-02 15:13:32Z

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You can use outerHTML attribute so it will return the HTML of the element itself with all the children elements. try this:

de_nc = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('element').get_attribute("outerHTML")

answered Jan 2, 2020 at 15:13

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