I'm trying to extract text from following HTML code :
<div>
"blabla"
<br>
"blublu"
<br>
"blibli"
</div>
I'm using getAttribute method because the text can be hidden (so getText() can possibly return null) :
String text = driver.findElement(By.tagName("div")).getAttribute("textContent");
System.out.println(text);
the expected result is
blabla\nblublu\nblibli
however I get
blablablublublibli
2 Answers
You can use getText() method on the WebElement
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div")).getText()
Output would be something like:-
"blabla"
"blublu"
"blibli"
Problem resolved by using
String text = driver.findElement(By.tagName("div")).getAttribute("innerText");
and not
String text = driver.findElement(By.tagName("div")).getAttribute("textContent");
