Can't get text value

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I am trying to get "how to use" text value from this page, see the screenshot:

I tried this css selector but I don’t understand why I am not getting the text value

how_to_use =  driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "How to use").click() #clicking on How to use section 
how_to_use =  driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR,"#qqrco4-accordion div").text #trying to get how to use section text

can anyone please help me?

Asked By: boyenec

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Answer 1

It may be possible that the text you are looking for has white spaced.

So, best practice will be:

how_to_use =  driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//*[contains(text(),'How To Use')]").click()

This will find the first element that has text the contains "How To Use". If you wish to find all elements use find_elements and then select the relevant index.

Answered By: Tal Angel

Answer 2

I hope you are scrolling the page before clicking the line

how_to_use =  driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "How to use").click()

If so, to get the text you want to get you need to improve the locator and wait for that element to be visible.
I have no time to search for better locators there, but the following code is worked

import time

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC


options = Options()
options.add_argument("start-maximized")


webdriver_service = Service('C:webdriverschromedriver.exe')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=webdriver_service, options=options)
url = "https://www.sephora.ae/en/p/nude-obsession-lip-kit-P10043065.html"
driver.get(url)
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)

driver.execute_script("window.scrollBy(0, arguments[0]);", 600)
time.sleep(1)
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.LINK_TEXT, "How to use"))).click()
time.sleep(1)
content = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '.tabs-panel.is-active div').text
print(content)

The output is:

C:Users*****PycharmProjectstestvenvScriptspython.exe C:/Users/*****/PycharmProjects/test/so.py 
Step 1: Define
Artist Color Pencil:
Matte, highly pigmented, and easy glide pencil to define & correct the lip shape.

Step 2: Color
Rouge Artist:
Exquisite gliding & comfortable texture with moisturizing effect for 24 hours.

Process finished with exit code 0

Answered By: Prophet

Answer 3

Not to intrude .. but why are you clicking stuffs, when it works without clicking? Here is a working example (setup on linux, just pay attention to imports and code after defining the browser):

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
chrome_options.add_argument('disable-notifications')

chrome_options.add_argument("window-size=1280,720")

webdriver_service = Service("chromedriver/chromedriver") ## path to where you saved chromedriver binary
browser = webdriver.Chrome(service=webdriver_service, options=chrome_options)
wait = WebDriverWait(browser, 20)
url = 'https://www.sephora.ae/en/p/nude-obsession-lip-kit-P10043065.html'
browser.get(url)
how_to_use_text = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//span[text() = 'How to use']/ancestor::a/following-sibling::div")))
print(how_to_use_text.text)

Result printed in terminal:

Step 1: Define
Artist Color Pencil:
Matte, highly pigmented, and easy glide pencil to define & correct the lip shape.

Step 2: Color
Rouge Artist:
Exquisite gliding & comfortable texture with moisturizing effect for 24 hours.

Answered By: Barry the Platipus

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