Get Element Attribute

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The Get Element Attribute command of the WebDriver API returns the attribute of the referenced web element. If for example the element is an <img>, the returned attribute is "//TODO", which is equivalent to calling Element.getAttribute on the element. For XML/XHTML documents it may be cased differently.

Syntax

Method	URI template
`GET`	`/session/{session id}/element/{element id}/attribute/{name}`

URL parameters

session id: Identifier of the session.
element id: Identifier of the web element to get the tag name of.
name: Identifier of the attribute of web element to get.

Errors

Session not created: Session does not exist.
No such window: The window object has been discarded, indicating that the tab or window has been closed.
Unexpected alert open: A user prompt, such as window.alert, blocks execution of command until it is dealt with.

Examples

Python:

python

from selenium import webdriver

session = webdriver.Firefox()
session.get("https://google.com/?hl=en")
search_box = session.find_element_by_id("q")

print(search_box.get_attribute("id"))

Output:

Specifications

Specification
WebDriver # get-element-attribute

Browser compatibility

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