Get Text with Selenium Webdriver in Java

Question

I need to extract text Paul Robert this html and print to the console using the Java WebDriver and selenium .

The code below extracts all text Div , even the text " Quit".

<div role="alert" class="alert success" id="control_gen_3">
 <p>
 <strong>Invite to <a href="">Paul Robert</a>.</strong></p>
 <button class="dismiss" id="global-error-dismiss">Quit</button>
 </div>

Code Selenium:

String pessoa = driver.findElement(By.id("control_gen_3")).getText();               
System.out.println(pessoa );

Vicky · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-01 13:47:02Z

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String pessoa = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@id='control_gen_3']//a")).getText();               
System.out.println(pessoa );

Hope this helps you..

answered Mar 1, 2016 at 13:47

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David Baak · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-01 14:01:53Z

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String pessoa = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#control_gen_3 a")).getText();               
System.out.println(pessoa);

This means you fetch the element with id control_gen_3 and look for an a within that element.

answered Mar 1, 2016 at 14:01

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