Get Element Property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

See full compatibility

The Get Element Property command of the WebDriver API returns the property of the referenced web element. Given <input value=foo> where the user changes the value to bar, the returned property is bar rather than the initial value foo. This is equivalent to accessing the property on the element.

Syntax

Method	URI template
`GET`	`/session/{session id}/element/{element id}/property/{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 property of web element to get.

Errors

Session not created: Session does not exist.
No such window: The window object has been discarded, indicating that the tab or window has been closed.
Unexpected alert open: A user prompt, such as window.alert, blocks execution of command until it is dealt with.

Examples

Python:

python

import urllib

from selenium import webdriver

def inline(doc):
    return "data:text/html;charset=utf-8,{}".format(urllib.quote(doc))

session = webdriver.Firefox()
session.get(inline("<input value=foo>"))
textbox = driver.find_element_by_tag_name("input")
textbox.send_keys("bar")

print(text_box.get_attribute("value"))
print(text_box.get_property("value"))

Output:

foo
bar

Specifications

Specification
WebDriver # get-element-property

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`GetElementProperty`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 65 (Release date: 2018-03-06) footnote footnote To enable Chromium support, include `{"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true}}` in the capabilities.	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote footnote To enable Chromium support, include `{"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true}}` in the capabilities.	Firefox – Full support Firefox 55 (Release date: 2017-08-08) footnote Full support	Opera – No support Opera footnote footnote To enable Chromium support, include `{"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true}}` in the capabilities.	Safari – No support Safari footnote footnote The vendor-supported implementation for Safari is non spec-conforming and incompatible.	Chrome Android – No support Chrome Android footnote footnote To enable Chromium support, include `{"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true}}` in the capabilities.	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – No support Opera Android footnote footnote To enable Chromium support, include `{"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true}}` in the capabilities.	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote footnote The vendor-supported implementation for Safari on iOS is non spec-conforming and incompatible.	Samsung Internet – No support Samsung Internet footnote footnote The vendor-supported implementation for Samsung Internet is non-spec-conforming and incompatible.	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote footnote To enable Chromium support, include `{"goog:chromeOptions": {"w3c": true}}` in the capabilities.	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote footnote The vendor-supported implementation for WebView on iOS is non spec-conforming and incompatible.

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Full support: Full support
No support: No support
: See implementation notes.