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?

>Solution :

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