Dump Elements with find_elements_by_xpath() in Python
Q
How to dump all HTML elements of a Web page with WebDriver in Python?
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A
If you want to dump all HTML elements of a Web page with WebDriver,
you can search child element recursively using the find_elements_by_xpath() method:
- element.find_elements_by_xpath() - Searches and returns all HTML elements that matches the given XPATH within this element.
Here is an example program that dumps all HTML elements of the loaded Web page.
# DumpElements.py
# Copyright (c) FYIcenter.com
from selenium.webdriver import Chrome
def printTag(tag, space):
list = tag.find_elements_by_xpath("./*")
if (len(list)==0):
print(space+"<"+tag.tag_name+"/>")
else:
print(space+"<"+tag.tag_name+">")
for child in list:
printTag(child,space+" ")
print(space+"</"+tag.tag_name+">")
driver = Chrome()
driver.get("http://sqa.fyicenter.com")
html = driver.find_element_by_tag_name("html")
printTag(html,"")
driver.quit()
Run the program, you will see that all elements of the Web page are dumped in the output:
C:\fyicenter> python DumpElements.py
<html>
<head>
<meta>
</meta>
<meta>
</meta>
...
<link>
</link>
<title>
</title>
<script>
</script>
<script>
</script>
...
<link>
</link>
<script>
</script>
<link>
</link>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<div>
<p>
</p>
<p>
<a>
</a>
</p>
<p>
<a>
</a>
</p>
<p>
...
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The output looks good. But element attributes are not included in the output. See the next tutorial on how the dump HTML attributes.
⇒ Dump Element Attributes with execute_script() in Python
⇐ execute_script() to Run JavaScript in Java
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