Get Value from Output Box using Selenium (Python)

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I am trying to extract the text that is generated in a text box based on values I enter into another text box. I looked in the inspect element and there is no signs of the values at all, and the 'Value' has nothing in it even though the box is populated.

I am using selenium in Python to try perform this. I am only working with 1 currently, but will be setting up a loop to do thousands hence why I need this automated.

Below is the code in the page (Ordinance Survey Ireland Website)

<td width="25%" class="form">Latitude:</td>
<td class="form">
   <input type="text" name="GeodeticLatitude" type="number" size="10" maxlength="2" value="">
   deg
   <input type="text" name="GeodeticLatitudeMin" size="2" maxlength="2" value="0">
   min
   <input type="text" name="GeodeticLatitudeSec" size="8" maxlength="8" value="0">
   sec
</td>

Below is the code that I am currently working with to attempt to extract the values

browser = webdriver.Chrome()

browser.get("https://gnss.osi.ie/new-converter/")

def find():
    python_button = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//input[@name='IrishGridEasting']")[0]
    python_button.send_keys("316600")
    python_button = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//input[@name='IrishGridNorthing']")[0]
    python_button.send_keys("229500")
    python_button = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//td[@class='form']/button[@type='button']")[1]
    python_button.click()

    latDeg = browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//input[@name='GeodeticLatitude']")
    print(latDeg)

I have attempted to add in options such as .text, .getText(), .getAttribute and .get_attribute but they do not return the text box value

Then below screenshot shows what I am trying to retrieve.

The red boxes is the number I am inserting, the green box represents what I want to extract.

Have you tried this: input.get_attribute('value') or input.get_attribute('innerText')? — Evgeniy Chiruk
– Evgeniy Chiruk, Commented Jan 22, 2020 at 12:15

KunduK · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-22 12:34:12Z

You have to provide time.sleep(1) since the value generating your script unable to sync this.Try WebDriverWait and use get_attribute('value') to get the value from input fields.

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
import time
driver=webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://gnss.osi.ie/new-converter/')
WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//input[@name='IrishGridEasting']"))).send_keys("316600")
WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//input[@name='IrishGridNorthing']"))).send_keys("229500")
WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,"//tr[contains(.,'Irish Grid Co-ordinates:')]//button[text()='Convert']"))).click()
time.sleep(1)
print(WebDriverWait(driver,10).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"input[name='GeodeticLatitude'][value]"))).get_attribute('value'))

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