Get text from XPath located Element using Selenium WebDriver with JavaScript

Question

I am trying to find an element using xpath and get the elements text value.

For example, I can find the element using xpath in the following way

driver.findElement(webdriver.By.xpath("//div/span));

But I want to get the text of this particular element by using JavaScript.

HTML content is like below

<div><span>Inner Text</span></div>

Possible duplicate: How to gettext() of an element in Selenium Webdriver — Peter Mortensen, CommentedNov 22, 2020 at 7:44

Nathan Merrill · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-05 14:18:43Z

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The function you want is getText().

String text = driver.findElement(webdriver.By.xpath("//div/span")).getText();

answered Sep 5, 2013 at 14:18

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This is Java. I want to do it using nodejs/javascript
– Manu K Mohan
CommentedSep 6, 2013 at 6:09
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@MarkAmery The functions are usually similarly named across languages
– Nathan Merrill
CommentedJul 16, 2016 at 13:43
Answer in Java coding language instead of Javascript
– zishan paya
CommentedNov 28, 2017 at 11:27

ShaBANG · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-10 17:09:09Z

const By = webdriver.By; driver.findElement(By.xpath('//div/span')) .then(span => span.getText()) .then(text => console.log(text))

Most of the actions in the webdriver for node/'javascript' return a promise, you have to do a .then to actually get the values.

ckb · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-06 18:22:33Z

WebDriver driver; String getText = driver.findElement(By.xpath("your xpath")).getText();

This will return the text within that element.

Mark Amery · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-16 09:48:13Z

var element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath")).getText(); console.log(element);

Not tested, but this will do.

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