[selenium-users] Is there a way to get element by XPath using JavaScript in Selenium WebDriver?

[hariprasad]

Hi,
I am looking for something like:

getElementByXpath(//html[1]/body[1]/div[1]).innerHTML

I need to get the innerHTML of elements using JS (to use that in Selenium
<http://kosmiktechnologies.com/selenium-training-in-hyderabad/>
WebDriver/Java, since WebDriver can't find it itself), but how?

I could use ID attribute, but not all elements have ID attribute.

*[FIXED]*

I am using jsoup to get it done in Java. That works for my needs.

[David]

Btw, for those interested, you could do it with something like this

WebElement elem = driver.findElement(By.XPath("//html[1]/body[1]/div[1]"));
String innerHtml = (String) ((JavascriptExecutor)
driver).executeScript("return arg[0].innerHTML;"elem);

Post by hariprasad
Hi,
getElementByXpath(//html[1]/body[1]/div[1]).innerHTML
I need to get the innerHTML of elements using JS (to use that in Selenium
<http://kosmiktechnologies.com/selenium-training-in-hyderabad/>
WebDriver/Java, since WebDriver can't find it itself), but how?
I could use ID attribute, but not all elements have ID attribute.
*[FIXED]*
I am using jsoup to get it done in Java. That works for my needs.

[Serguei Kouzmine]

hello
You may also try
String value = driver.findElement(By locator).getAttribute(String
attribute);

Post by hariprasad
Hi,
getElementByXpath(//html[1]/body[1]/div[1]).innerHTML
I need to get the innerHTML of elements using JS (to use that in Selenium
<http://kosmiktechnologies.com/selenium-training-in-hyderabad/>
WebDriver/Java, since WebDriver can't find it itself), but how?
I could use ID attribute, but not all elements have ID attribute.
*[FIXED]*
I am using jsoup to get it done in Java. That works for my needs.