How to get Text from H1 Tag which has no arguments in Web Driver?
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How to get Text from H1 Tag which has no arguments in Web Driver?
<html>
<head>...</head>
<body>
<h1>Phonetic Translator</h1>
<br>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" type="text/css">
<title>electRa Phonetic Translator</title>
<p>Today's password is:</p>
<h1>
MQQJXJLCQZ
<hr width="80%">
</h1>
<p>The phonetic translation is:</p>
<h3>
...
</h3>
...
</body>
<html>
Hi,
I want to get the text MQQJXJLCQZ. As there are two H1 tags after Body. I have used XPath to get the text value but unfortunately I am getting the error message Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to WebElement
MQQJXJLCQZ
Type mismatch: cannot convert from String to WebElement
The code I have written is :
String PasswordxPath = "/html/body/h1[2]/text()";
WebElement H1Element = driver.findElement(By.xpath(PasswordxPath));
WebElement getPassword = H1Element.getText();
Please, can someone correct this code or suggest another way to get the text Value ?
Thanks,
UPDATE1
I have used string to get the text value, but now i am unable to put this value in the form using sendKeys. Error log as below:
Element info: {Using=xpath, value=/html/body/h1[2]/text()} at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
3 Answers
3
Replace WebElement by String in the last line :
WebElement
String
String PasswordxPath = "/html/body/h1[2]/text()";
WebElement H1Element = driver.findElement(By.xpath(PasswordxPath));
String getPassword = H1Element.getText();
Please, can you update your question with the new code. How do you call
sendKeys?– Sébastien Temprado
Apr 21 '17 at 15:22
sendKeys
String PasswordxPath = "/html/body/h1[2]/text()"; WebElement H1Element = driver.findElement(By.xpath(PasswordxPath)); String getPassword = H1Element.getText(); // Paste get Text to Text field WebElement pastePassword = driver.findElement(By.id("SecurityCode")); pastePassword.sendKeys(getPassword);
– Nikhil Oberoi
Apr 21 '17 at 15:37
As said, here is the problem
WebElement getPassword = H1Element.getText();
getText() returns the String value but not WebElement. So you need to use String here, like
String getPassword = H1Element.getText();
Hi I have used string to get the text value, but now i am unable to put this value in the form using sendKeys. Error log as below: Element info: {Using=xpath, value=/html/body/h1[2]/text()} at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
– Nikhil Oberoi
Apr 21 '17 at 14:35
I had a similar problem where getText() wasn't working.
Try using getAttribute("innerHTML")
getText()
getAttribute("innerHTML")
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Hi I have used string to get the text value, but now i am unable to put this value in the form using sendKeys. Error log as below: Element info: {Using=xpath, value=/html/body/h1[2]/text()} at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
– Nikhil Oberoi
Apr 21 '17 at 14:39