Selenium Webdriver Get Input Value Which Already Has Value Attribute (java)

I need to parse a table containing input elements in it. Using Selenium WebDriver I get the list of input elements to extract their values: @FindBy(xpath = 'xpathSelector') private

Solution 1:

How about removing the value attribute through javascript first before getting the value attribute? It's also a workaround but maybe you'll like that more?

Solution 2:

My further research lead me to a solution with the use of cssSelector.

From the documentation to Selenium WebDriver executeScript(String script, Object... args) method:

The arguments will be made available to the JavaScript via the "arguments" magic variable, as if the function were called via "Function.apply"

Arguments must be a number, a boolean, a String, WebElement, or a List of any combination of the above.

@param args The arguments to the script. May be empty

Answer :

So we can pass our WebElement element as one of the arguments of executeScript() method and then use the argument to search among children of our element.

protectedStringgetInputValue(WebElement element) {
    String js = "return arguments[0].querySelector('input').value";
    JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
    return js.executeScript(js, element).toString();
}