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:

q

Specifications

Specification
WebDriver
# get-element-attribute

Browser compatibility