Selenium web input item has no text value

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I am trying to create a python dictionary from elements on a web page. The sleeps are in to allow my poor internet connection and the glacially slow website to catch up. So far I have

driver.get("https://my.crawley.gov.uk/en/service/check_my_bin_collection?accept=yes&consentMessageIds[]=24")
WebDriverWait(driver,30).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it('fillform-frame-1'))

WebDriverWait(driver,30).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//*[@id="PostcodeSearch"]')))
sleep(1)
elem = driver.find_element_by_id("PostcodeSearch")
elem.clear()
elem.send_keys("RH10 7AB")
sleep(2)
WebDriverWait(driver,30).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,'//*[@id="Choose_Address"]')))
sleep(1)
elem = driver.find_element_by_id("Choose_Address")
elem.send_keys("12")
sleep(5)
elem = driver.find_element_by_class_name("nextText")
elem.click()
sleep(3)

collection_dict = {}

collectiondetails = {"nextrubbish" : (driver.find_element_by_name("rubbishDateNext").getAttribute("value"))}
                                      
print(collectiondetails["nextrubbish"])

However I'm struggling to get a value for the rubbishDateNext result. Inspecting the element, it would appear it's not actually got a value and just a load of validation. Ideally, I'd like to have the dictionary value for nextrubbish print as Friday 26 June

How do I get this out and into Python?

What is returned by driver.find_element_by_name("rubbishDateNext").getAttribute("value")? — Alexey R.
– Alexey R., Commented Jun 25, 2020 at 13:06
@AlexeyR. it returns AttributeError: 'WebElement' object has no attribute 'getAttribute' — Adam Davies
– Adam Davies, Commented Jun 25, 2020 at 13:22

Alexey R. · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-25 13:31:44Z

1

Instead of (driver.find_element_by_name("rubbishDateNext").getAttribute("value"))

use

(driver.find_element_by_name("rubbishDateNext").get_attribute("value"))

answered Jun 25, 2020 at 13:31

Alexey R.

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