Python Selenium: How to get text from span class-CodePudding

I want to get text from span class using selenium webdriver below is the code which I have tried but no result

Output should: Marketplace listings – 72

Code trials:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"//h2[@class='jxuftiz4 jwegzro5 hl4rid49 icdlwmnq gvxzyvdx aeinzg81']//span").get_attribute("innerText")

Here is the html

<div >
    <div >
        <div >
            <div >
                <div ></div>
            </div>
            <div >
                <div >
                    <div >
                        <div >
                            <div >
                                <div >
                                    <h2  dir="auto">
                                        <span  dir="auto">
                                            <span  style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; display: -webkit-box;">Marketplace listings – 72</span>
                                        </span>
                                    </h2>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

CodePudding user response：

Try using this xpath expression instead:

driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"//span[@dir='auto']/span").get_attribute("innerText")

I tested the expression with your html example and confirmed it works.

OUTPUT

'Marketplace listings – 72'

CodePudding user response：

Considering the effective portion from the given HTML:

<h2  dir="auto">
    <span  dir="auto">
        <span  style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; display: -webkit-box;">Marketplace listings – 72</span>
    </span>
</h2>

To extract the text Marketplace listings – 72 ideally you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following locator strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR and text attribute:

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "h2[dir="auto"] span[dir="auto"] > span[style*='webkit-box-orient']"))).text)

Using XPATH and get_attribute("innerHTML"):

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//h2[@dir="auto"]/span[@dir="auto"]/span[contains(@style, 'webkit-box-orient') and text()]"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))

Note : You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

You can find a relevant discussion in How to retrieve the text of a WebElement using Selenium - Python