Get Element Attribute
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The Get Element Attribute command of the WebDriver API returns the value associated with the attribute of the given name of the referenced web element. For boolean attributes, the associated value is "true" if present. Absent attributes return null. It is equivalent to calling Element.getAttribute() on the element in JavaScript.
Syntax
| Method | URI template |
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GET |
/session/{session id}/element/{element id}/attribute/{name} |
URL parameters
session id-
Identifier of the session.
element id-
Identifier of the web element to get the tag name of.
name-
Identifier of the attribute of web element to get.
Errors
- Session not created
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Session does not exist.
- No such window
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The
windowobject has been discarded, indicating that the tab or window has been closed. - Unexpected alert open
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A user prompt, such as
window.alert, blocks execution of command until it is dealt with.
Examples
Python:
from selenium import webdriver
session = webdriver.Firefox()
session.get("https://google.com/?hl=en")
search_box = session.find_element_by_id("q")
print(search_box.get_attribute("id"))
Output:
q
Specifications
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