How to get the text of a css class using Selenium

Question

In a webpage I am scraping, there is the CSS code:

<span class="err css-bjzkj7">OUT OF STOCK</span>

I want to get the text "OUT OF STOCK" and check to see if it's changed.

What I tried:

from splinter import Browser
driver = Browser('chrome', **executable_path)
driver.visit(url)
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("err css-bjzkj7").text

What I get:

AttributeError: 'WebDriver' object has no attribute 'find_element_by_css_selector'

I read about "xpath" but that throws the same error. Selenium version: 3.141.0

KunduK · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-16 18:37:29Z

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It should be find_by_css() when you use splinter

driver.find_by_css(".err.css-bjzkj7").text

Or

 driver.find_by_css(".err").text

Splinter official doc says. you can refer this. Find Element

answered Dec 16, 2020 at 18:37

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Cagri · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-16 18:54:49Z

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I don't know how did you try xpath but my suggestion would be:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[contains(@class, 'err css-bjzkj7')]").text

answered Dec 16, 2020 at 18:54

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