Distorted HTML content using selenium get_attribute

Question

I am trying to get the innerHTML of an element using:

de_nc = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('element').get_attribute("innerHTML")

But i get the following:

<a href=""https://****/""><u>Text</u></a>

Instead of the following:

<a href="https://****/"><u><font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Text</font></font></u></a>

is the font element generated dynamically? – Elad Jan 02 '20 at 08:11 — Elad, Jan 02 '20 at 08:11
We are going to need to input daya to assist. – Klaus D. Jan 02 '20 at 08:11 — Klaus D., Jan 02 '20 at 08:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '20 at 08:12

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To extract the innerHTML of an element you have to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategy:

print(WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "element_css"))).get_attribute("innerHTML"))

answered Jan 02 '20 at 08:12

undetected Selenium

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This does not solve. I already tried with `WebDriverWait` too. – Tek Nath Jan 02 '20 at 11:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '20 at 15:13

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You can use outerHTML attribute so it will return the HTML of the element itself with all the children elements. try this:

de_nc = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('element').get_attribute("outerHTML")

answered Jan 02 '20 at 15:13

Muzzamil

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Distorted HTML content using selenium get_attribute

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