How to get text of a tag in selenium – Python?

Selenium is a powerful tool for controlling web browsers through programs and performing browser automation. It is functional for all browsers, works on all major OS and its scripts are written in various languages i.e Python, Java, C#, etc, we will be working with Python.

In this article, we will write a Python Script for getting the text from the tag name using selenium module.

Step-by-step Approach

Step #1: Import required libraries

Python3

# Import Library 

from selenium import webdriver

Step #2: Create a Chrome object or specify web driver path if it is not present in the default path.

Python3

# Chrome Path 

driver = webdriver.Chrome('Enter Chrome Path') 

# Web URL 

driver.get('Enter Web URL')

Step #3: Specify the tag name, which you want to extract the text.

Syntax:

Object Name.find_element_by_tag_name(Tag Name)

Python3

# Get Text 

print (element.text) 

# Close the window 
driver.close()

Below is the implementation.

Python3

# Import Library 

from selenium import webdriver 

# Chrome Path 

driver = webdriver.Chrome() 

# Web URL 

driver.get('https://phptravels.com/demo/') 

element = driver.find_element_by_tag_name('a') 

# Get Text 

print(element.text) 

# Close the window 
driver.close()