Is there a way to get the value within a <div> using selenium in python?

To print out the text of the element.

elem=driver.find_element_by_class_name("syllable")
print(elem.text)

xpath:

elem=driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='syllable']/text()")
print(elem)

it is called html innerText

you can retrieve this value using text in selenium , or get_attribute.

This returns the rendered text (means displayed text)

elem=driver.find_element_by_class_name("syllable")
print(elem.text)

This return the text with out checking the style attribute meaning returns value even if its not displayed in UI

elem=driver.find_element_by_class_name("syllable")
print(elem.get_attribute("textContent")

you can find elem using this text also:

// partial match
elem=driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[contains(text(),'value')])
print(elem.text)

// exact match 
elem=driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[text()='value')])
print(elem.text)

// exact match of the elements text if there is any child element like span it won't return the element
elem=driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[.='value')])
print(elem.text)

Also note:

Other things you could read about outerHTML , innerHTML

To print the text value you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using class_name and get_attribute("textContent"):

  print(driver.find_element_by_class_name("syllable").get_attribute("textContent"))
  

• Using css_selector and get_attribute("innerHTML"):

  print(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("div.syllable").get_attribute("innerHTML"))
  

• Using xpath and text attribute:

  print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[@class='syllable']").text)
  

Ideally you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using CLASS_NAME and get_attribute("textContent"):

  print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CLASS_NAME, "syllable"))).get_attribute("textContent"))
  

• Using CSS_SELECTOR and text attribute:

  print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.syllable"))).text)
  

• Using XPATH and get_attribute():

  print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[@class='syllable']"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))
  

• Console Output:

  value
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

  from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
  from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
  from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  

You can find a relevant discussion in How to retrieve the text of a WebElement using Selenium - Python

References

Link to useful documentation:

• get_attribute() method Gets the given attribute or property of the element.
• text attribute returns The text of the element.
• Difference between text and innerHTML using Selenium