Get text from div using Selenium

Question

I'm using Selenium and Python to extract information from a page.

Here is the div I want to extract from:

<div class="_2v66">5</div>

I want to extract the value "5".

Here is the Python I have written:

element = browser.find_elements_by_class_name('_2v66').getText

print('Views:')
print(element)

When I run this script, I get the following message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 95, in <module>
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'getText'
[Finished in 15.478s]

Solution:

Although I originally thought the div class was unique, after a closer inspection of the page I realized that it is not a unique div and therefore the solution was as follows:

browser.get(('https://www.facebook.com/example_page_1/insights/?section=navVideos'))

browser.implicitly_wait(60)

# find_elements_by_class_name - Returns the div in which the metrics are found
elements = browser.find_elements_by_class_name('_2v66')

for e in elements:
    print(e.text)

The browser.implicitly_wait was crucial to allow the page to load. The errors I was receiving with regards to the object no existing were because of that.

Amit · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-19 03:18:04Z

7

Use just .text

element = browser.find_element_by_class_name('_2v66').text

If there are multiple elements, you'll have to loop through them.

elements = browser.find_elements_by_class_name('_2v66')
for e in elements:
    print(e.text)

answered Jul 19, 2018 at 3:18

Amit

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Hayden Over a year ago

It's still giving me " File "<string>", line 94, in <module> AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'text' "

Amit Over a year ago

Check the two statements, if you use find_elements it returns a list whereas find_element will return the single element

Hayden Over a year ago

It is still giving me an error saying "unable to locate element"

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-15 22:35:26Z

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As per the HTML you have provided to extract the text 5, instead of using find_elements* you need to use find_element and you can use the following solution:

element = browser.find_element_by_class_name('_2v66').text
print(element)

Note A: The Selenium-Python client doesn't have any method getText, but instead text.

Note B: You have to ensure that this particular <div> tag can be uniquely identified through the class attribute _2v66.

edited Nov 15, 2022 at 22:35

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answered Jul 19, 2018 at 4:22

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Peter234 · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-28 04:57:28Z

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For newer versions of selenium (docs):

element = driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME,'css-449o1m')
print(element.text)

edited Jun 28, 2023 at 4:57

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answered Jun 25, 2023 at 14:23

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