Python - Selenium Element returning "None"

Question

I'm trying to create a small script to tell me if addresses need a certain type of shipping.

I have a list of addresses to input into a website and it will return what type they are. Why is this returning none, even though when I check the element in selenium it's there? And technically it has to be there, to even pass the "EC.presence_of_element_located" code.

browser = webdriver.Chrome()

browser.get('courier_website')

field = browser.find_element_by_id("txt-address-auto-complete")

field.send_keys("12 test Street")

WebDriverWait(browser, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//li[@class='ui-menu-item']/a[contains(@id, 'ui-id-')]")))

browser.find_element_by_xpath("//li[@class='ui-menu-item']/a[contains(@id, 'ui-id-')]").click()

WebDriverWait(browser, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="delivery-details-addresstype" and text() != ""]')))

post = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="delivery-details-addresstype"]').get_attribute('value')

print(post)

Output is "None"

HTML I'm trying to get the text out of

<table class="delivery-details">
                        <tbody><tr>
                            <th colspan="3" id="delivery-details-addresstype">Residential Delivery Zone Address</th>
                        </tr>

What is None is not the element, it's the attribute named value of that element — ChatterOne
– ChatterOne, Commented Jan 10, 2020 at 8:15
That depends on the type of element you have. Maybe try also posting the related HTML — ChatterOne
– ChatterOne, Commented Jan 10, 2020 at 8:17

Abin Lakhanpal · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-10 00:38:12Z

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Instead of browser.find_element_by_xpath(//required_path).get_attribute('value'), use:

browser.find_element_by_xpath(//required_path).get_attribute('innerHTML')

answered May 10, 2020 at 0:38

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Herker · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-03 12:11:28Z

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In some cases 'textContent' has worked for me

browser.find_element_by_xpath(//path).get_attribute('textContent')

answered May 3, 2021 at 12:11

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