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How to extract text between ::before and ::after

I would like to extract the text between ::before and ::after into a string. How can I use a for loop to extract all the text in selenium Python?

The text i is in between the ::before and ::after pseudoelements. So to extract the text you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using css_selector:
print(driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.kbkey.button.red").text)
Using xpath:
print(driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//div[#class='kbkey button red']").text)
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:
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.kbkey.button.red"))).text)
Using XPATH:
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[#class='kbkey button red']"))).text)
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
References
Link to useful documentation:
get_attribute() method gets the given attribute or property of the element.
text attribute returns the text of the element.
Difference between text and innerHTML using Selenium

::before and ::after are just a pseudo elements.
Here you can extract the text from the div element itself.
In case there are several divs with class kbkey button red you can do something like this:
buttons = driver.find_elements_by_css_selector("div.kbkey.button.red")
for button in buttons:
print(button.text)

Get Youtube video title using classname and text attribute using Selenium and Python

Hi I'm using Python Selenium Webdriver to get Youtube title but keep getting more info than I'd like.
The line is:
driver.find_element_by_class_name("style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer").text
Is there any way to fix it and make it more efficient so that it displays only the title.
Here is the test script Im using:
from selenium import webdriver as wd
from time import sleep as zz
driver = wd.Firefox(executable_path=r'./geckodriver.exe')
driver.get('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wma0szfIafk')
zz(4)
test_atr = driver.find_element_by_class_name("style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer").text
print(test_atr)

To print the title text OBI-WAN KENOBI Official Trailer (2022) Teaser you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using css_selector and get_attribute("innerHTML"):
print(driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "h1.title.style-scope.ytd-video-primary-info-renderer > yt-formatted-string.style-scope.ytd-video-primary-info-renderer").get_attribute("innerHTML"))
Using xpath and text attribute:
print(driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//h1[#class='title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer']/yt-formatted-string[#class='style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer']").text)
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, "h1.title.style-scope.ytd-video-primary-info-renderer > yt-formatted-string.style-scope.ytd-video-primary-info-renderer"))).text)
Using XPATH and get_attribute("innerHTML"):
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//h1[#class='title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer']/yt-formatted-string[#class='style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer']"))).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
Console Output:
OBI-WAN KENOBI Official Trailer (2022) Teaser
You can find a relevant discussion in How to retrieve the text of a WebElement using Selenium - Python
References
Link to useful documentation:
get_attribute() method Gets the given attribute or property of the element.
text attribute returns The text of the element.
Difference between text and innerHTML using Selenium

Xpath and CssSelector not extracting data using Selenium and Python

I am trying to pull the total listings at the top of the main section (in this case it currently says 72 Listings). I have tried both By.XPATH and By.CSS_SELECTOR with no luck.... Any idea why this isn't working?
driver.get('https://swappa.com/mobile/buy/apple-iphone-8/att')
n = WebDriverWait(driver, 0.01).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".col-xs-9 pull-left"))).text

To print the text 72 Listings you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using css_selector and get_attribute("innerHTML"):
print(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("section#section_billboard h2 small").get_attribute("innerHTML"))
Using xpath and text attribute:
print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//section[#id='section_billboard']//h2//small").text)
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:
driver.get('https://swappa.com/mobile/buy/apple-iphone-8/att')
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "section#section_billboard h2 small"))).text)
Using XPATH and get_attribute():
driver.get('https://swappa.com/mobile/buy/apple-iphone-8/att')
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//section[#id='section_billboard']//h2//small"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))
Console Output:
value
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
References
Link to useful documentation:
get_attribute() method Gets the given attribute or property of the element.
text attribute returns The text of the element.
Difference between text and innerHTML using Selenium

Selenium wont return text

So I have this code which is referencing this html class:
<div class="text-right _2jRRJJvarKXJGP9oRP-Bv0 pbBzNArud8-t5yrNZi8Wg rankings-list-volume">2775.60</div>
Vol = driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/main/div/div/div[2]/a[1]/div[8]').text
print(Vol)
If I run it without the .text it returns just the element name and such so I know it is finding the element but it won't return the text. The 2775.60 value within the HTML is what it should be returning but instead, it just prints nothing.

To print the text 2769.94 you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using css_selector and get_attribute():
print(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("div.rankings-list-volume").get_attribute("innerHTML"))
Using xpath and text attribute:
print(driver.find_element_by_xpath("//div[contains(#class, 'rankings-list-volume')]").text)
Ideally, to print the text 2769.94 you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using CSS_SELECTOR and get_attribute():
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div.rankings-list-volume"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))
Using XPATH and text attribute:
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//div[contains(#class, 'rankings-list-volume')]"))).text)
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
Outro
Link to useful documentation:
get_attribute() method Gets the given attribute or property of the element.
text attribute returns The text of the element.
Difference between text and innerHTML using Selenium

How to extract the text from the HTML using Selenium and Python

I have this HTML:
And I want get this text "rataoriginal". (This text changes, I need this part of the code as text)
I've tried
xpath = "//span[#class='_5h6Y_ _3Whw5 selectable-text invisible-space copyable-text']"
auxa = driver.find_element_by_xpath(xpath).text
print(auxa)
But it prints the same as print("\n"). I don't want to use beaultifulsoup for a while.
This HTML is from 'https://web.whatsapp.com'

The WebElement is a dynamic element, so to print the values you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:
Using CSS_SELECTOR:
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "span.selectable-text.invisible-space.copyable-text[dir='auto']"))).text)
Using XPATH:
print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, "//span[contains(#class, '') and contains(#class, 'invisible-space')][contains(#class, '') and #dir='auto']"))).text)
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
References
You can find a relevant discussion in:
How to retrieve the text of a WebElement using Selenium - Python

//*[contains(text(),"rataoriginal")] please use this xpath