How to locate the href element using selenium python

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How to locate the href elements using selenium and python

i tried below code but its not working

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@href]")

I think you're on the wrong track here : href is not a DOM element ; it is a property of the a element. See the documetation for practical examples. — user768518
– user768518, Commented Apr 4, 2017 at 7:43

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 07:43:42Z

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To locate href attribute usually you can use

//a/@href

but selenium doesn't support this syntax as in selenium you can locate webelements only.

You can try below:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a").get_attribute('href')

With this line of code you should be able to get href attribute of the first anchor element on the page.

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 7:43

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Akarsh · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 07:56:40Z

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Try below code with replacing href attribute value with your value.

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@href='href attribute value']");

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 7:56

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