Selenium + Python: Store text in a variable and print

Question

I'm trying to use send_keys to fill a field and in the same time, store this value in a variable. When I run this code, the text of the variable is not printed.

locators.py

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

class CreateNewContractor(object):

  FIRST_NAME = (By.ID, "id_0-first_name")

pages.py

from locators import *

class CreateNewContractor1(Page):


    def fill_contractor(self):

        email = self.find_element(*CreateNewContractor.FIRST_NAME).send_keys("Hello")
        email.text
        print email

How can I store and print the text filled in the email variable?

@Andersson I tried the option above but the test passed and even so not print the text value. — Rafael C.
– Rafael C., Commented Nov 10, 2016 at 17:09

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-10 16:50:36Z

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The email variable would get the value None - this is what send_keys() method returns.

Instead, you can simply keep the text in a variable:

text = "hello"
self.find_element(*CreateNewContractor.FIRST_NAME).send_keys(text)
print(text)

Or, if you want to actually get the value of the input, use get_attribute() method:

elm = self.find_element(*CreateNewContractor.FIRST_NAME)
elm.send_keys("hello")
print(elm.get_attribute("value"))

answered Nov 10, 2016 at 16:50

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Rafael C. Over a year ago

I tried all options above but the test passed and even so not print the text value.

alecxe Over a year ago

@Rafael are you actually calling the method during the test?

alecxe Over a year ago

@Rafael thanks, could it just be the way your runner output the standard out messages? I mean, try putting, say, print("hello") after sending keys - do you see it printed?

Rafael C. Over a year ago

I realized now that nothing is printing in my console. See: take.ms/kvvx1 and my output take.ms/meM62

Leonardo Galani Over a year ago

For print statements using pytest.. you should execute them with the flag '-s'

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