Getting element text in Selenium Python - Practice Problems & Coding Challenges

Challenge - 5 Problems

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

What is the output of this Selenium Python code snippet?

Consider the following Selenium Python code that fetches text from a web element. What will be printed?

Selenium Python

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver import WebDriver

class DummyDriver(WebDriver):
    def find_element(self, by, value):
        class Element:
            text = "Hello World"
        return Element()

# Simulate driver
driver = DummyDriver()
element = driver.find_element(By.ID, "greeting")
print(element.text)

A None

B greeting

C Hello World

D By.ID

💡 Hint

The text attribute of the element contains the visible text.

The element's text attribute holds the visible text content. Here, it is set to 'Hello World', so printing element.text outputs 'Hello World'.

❓ assertion

intermediate

Which assertion correctly verifies the text of a web element?

You want to check that the text of a web element is exactly 'Submit'. Which assertion statement is correct?

Selenium Python

element_text = "Submit"  # Assume this is fetched from element.text

A assert element_text.equals('Submit')

B assert element_text == 'Submit'

C assert element_text is 'Submit'

D assert element_text != 'Submit'

💡 Hint

Use Python's equality operator to compare strings.

In Python, '==' compares string values correctly. 'equals' is not a Python string method, and 'is' checks identity, not equality.

❓ locator

advanced

Which locator is best to get the text of a button with text 'Cancel'?

You want to locate a button element by its visible text 'Cancel' to get its text. Which locator is best?

A By.XPATH, "//button[text()='Cancel']"

B By.ID, "Cancel"

C By.CLASS_NAME, "Cancel"

D By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button:contains('Cancel')"

💡 Hint

Use XPath to locate elements by exact text content.

XPath with text() matches elements by their exact visible text. ID and class name 'Cancel' are unlikely to match the button text. CSS :contains is not supported in Selenium.

🔧 Debug

advanced

Why does this code raise an AttributeError when getting element text?

Given this code snippet, why does it raise AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text'?

Selenium Python

element = driver.find_element(By.ID, "nonexistent")
print(element.text)

A The element was not found, so find_element returned None, causing the error.

B The element has no text attribute, causing the error.

C The driver is not initialized, causing the error.

D The locator By.ID is invalid, causing the error.

💡 Hint

Check what find_element returns if no element matches.

If find_element does not find an element, it raises NoSuchElementException, but if code catches it and assigns None, then accessing text causes AttributeError. The error means element is None.

❓ framework

expert

In a pytest Selenium test, which code snippet correctly asserts the text of a web element?

You want to write a pytest test that asserts a web element's text is 'Login'. Which snippet is correct?

Selenium Python

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium import webdriver
import pytest

def test_login_button_text():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get('https://example.com')
    element = driver.find_element(By.ID, 'login-btn')
    # Assertion here
    driver.quit()

A assert element.getText == 'Login'

B assert element.get_text() == 'Login'

C assert element.text() == 'Login'

D assert element.text == 'Login'

💡 Hint

Check the correct attribute or method to get text in Selenium Python.

In Selenium Python, element.text is a property, not a method. get_text() and getText do not exist. text() is invalid syntax.