You are probably looking for get_attribute(). An example is shown here as well def test_chart_renders_from_url(self): url=”http://localhost:8000/analyse/” self.browser.get(url) org = driver.find_element_by_id(‘org’) # Find the value of org? val = org.get_attribute(“attribute name”)
Some basics first. With objects, you need to deal with their attributes. Ordinarily, we do instance.attribute. Sometimes we need more control (when we do not know the name of the attribute in advance). For example, instance.attribute would become getattr(instance, attribute_name). Using this model, we can get the attribute by supplying the attribute_name as a string. … Read more
A key difference between __getattr__ and __getattribute__ is that __getattr__ is only invoked if the attribute wasn’t found the usual ways. It’s good for implementing a fallback for missing attributes, and is probably the one of two you want. __getattribute__ is invoked before looking at the actual attributes on the object, and so can be … Read more