How to copy a text and store it into a variable using Selenium? Python

Question

I want to copy a text from a website and store it into a variable so I can add it to a dictionary later. I wanted to know how do I accomplish it?

Here is my source code:

from selenium import webdriver

f = webdriver.Firefox()

f.get("http://hi.com")

g = f.find_element_by_tag_name('h1').getText()

print g

See if this helps

Pynchia
– Pynchia

2015-06-29 21:23:14 +00:00
Commented Jun 29, 2015 at 21:23 — Pynchia
– Pynchia, Commented Jun 29, 2015 at 21:23

Vishal Jagtap · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-30 06:32:42Z

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What type of text you need to copy from web page?

You need to locate webelement of text you need to capture and simply use getText() on it.

String text = driver.findElement(By.id("some id")).getText();

answered Jun 30, 2015 at 6:32

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3 Comments

The_Diver Over a year ago

Say I want to print get the text " This Site Is Under Construction and Coming Soon." and save it into a variable, from hi.com. I tried the method suggested by you and it didn't work.

Vishal Jagtap Over a year ago

Try this - String text = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='mid']/h1")).getText();

Chandan Nayak Over a year ago

inpython = driver.find_element_by_xpath("your-xpath").text

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