How to get text from web elements using selenium python

Question

I have HTML code as in below and I am trying to extract value using xpath.

<input id="searchCriteriaForm:memberNumber" name="searchCriteriaForm:memberNumber" type="text" value="143256789" maxlength="17" size="15" class="inputText">

My code is

print(driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@name="searchCriteriaForm:memberNumber"]').text)

code is not printing anything and no exception. I am expecting to print value "143256789'

let me know what's wrong with my code statement.

<input id="searchCriteriaForm:memberNumber" name="searchCriteriaForm:memberNumber" type="text" value="125690" maxlength="17" size="15" class="inputText"> — Bobby
– Bobby, Commented Mar 18, 2021 at 3:23

user15398259 · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-18 03:41:39Z

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What you're looking for is not part of the text content - it is inside the value attribute of the tag.

You can use .get_attribute('value') instead of .text

.get_attribute() docs

answered Mar 18, 2021 at 3:41

user15398259

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