Python Selenium get element content

Question

If I do

match = driver.find_element_by_class_name("match")
print(match.text)

I only get the text in the element.

<class id="match">
    This is a text. This is displayed with .text
    <p align="center"><a href="www.stackoverflow.com"></p>
    The above is not displayed with .text
</class>

What to do when I also want the html in the element, not only the text?

match variable is the element.

elena
– elena

2017-03-22 19:05:10 +00:00
Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 19:05 — elena
– elena, Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 19:05
Try match.get_attribute('innerHTML')

budi
– budi

2017-03-22 19:09:53 +00:00
Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 19:09 — budi
– budi, Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 19:09

Denis Koreyba · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-22 19:30:35Z

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If you want to get HTML code inside an element but not including the code of the element you should use this:

element.get_attribute('innerHTML');

If you want to get HTML code inside an element including the code of the element then you should use this:

element.get_attribute('outerHTML')

answered Mar 22, 2017 at 19:30

Denis Koreyba

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